Greater Bendigo coronavirus cases remain unchanged as Macedon Ranges cases grow

ANOTHER coronavirus exposure site has been listed at Mount Macedon.

The Mount Macedon Trading Post, General Store, Cafe & Post Office (686 Mount Macedon Road) is a tier one site between 9.42am and 11.15am on September 30.

Anyone who visited the site during those times must get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the exposure.

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A NEW tier one exposure site has been listed in the Macedon Ranges.

A COVID-positive person visited Mr Cafe Macedon (23 Victoria Street, Macedon) between 8.45am and 10.15am on September 29.

Anyone who visited the cafe during those times must get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from the exposure.

Earlier

THERE have been zero new COVID-19 cases recorded in Greater Bendigo.

Data released from the Department of Health on Tuesday showed the number of active cases in Bendigo held steady at seven.

Five of those cases are in the 3551 postcode, while there are single cases in the 3550 and 3555 postcodes.

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There were also zero new coronavirus cases recorded in the Mount Alexander, Campaspe, and Gannawarra shires.

The Macedon Ranges recorded four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of active cases in that region to 41.

The Macedon Ranges cases were among the 86 new coronavirus cases recorded in regional Victoria on Tuesday.

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There are 555 active cases in the regions, with outbreaks continuing to grow in Greater Geelong, Ballarat, Shepparton, and the Mitchell Shire.

A number of exposure sites remain in the Greater Bendigo region.

They include several bus services on Christian Bus Lines Bendigo, which have been listed as tier 2 exposure sites between September 24 and October 2.

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