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Greater Bendigo has recorded 114 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
Data from the Department of Health indicates active case numbers have risen by 99, bringing the total for the region to 302.
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The majority of the cases were found in postcodes 3550 and 3551, but cases were also recorded in postcodes 3555, 3556 and 3557.
Heathcote also recorded 11 new cases.
Macedon Ranges Shire sadly recorded a similar number of new cases to Greater Bendigo with 110 new cases on Tuesday, bringing it's number of active cases to 345.
Central Goldfields Shire recorded an additional 37 new cases overnight, while Ganawarra marked 18 new cases and Campaspe Shire recorded 14.
The number of active coronavirus cases in Central Goldfields is now sitting at 90.
Mount Alexander Shire reported 11 new cases and Loddon Shire recorded five.
This comes as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a grants for an after-school vaccination program run by general practitioners and pharmacists in a press conference on Tuesday.
Earlier
Victoria has recorded another 37,994 COVID-19 cases overnight.
The new infections were detected from 18,503 at-home rapid antigen tests and 19,491 laboratory-run PCR tests.
The municipality saw a drop to 203 active cases despite recording another 73 new cases on Monday.
Another 13 people have died from the virus and its complications, according to Department of Health statistics released on Tuesday morning.
A total of 861 spent Monday in hospital with COVID-19, 117 in intensive care and 27 on ventilators.
In a morning press conference, Health Minister Martin Foley announced new booster vaccine mandates for essential workers and said the new dance floor restrictions were a necessary health measure.
"Victoria is open and the community is encouraged to support businesses in a COVIDSafe way", he said.
"Losing indoor dance floors is a simple but important step - we know they pose an extraordinary risk of mass transmission."
However, local hospitality owners say the move will mean significant losses for their businesses.
Bendigo venue owner Andrew Lethlean said he'd have to close multiple venues and let a large number of staff go.
"With the number of COVID cases in the region our businesses have been operating at less than 20 per cent of normal operations," he said.
"Now it looks like we'll definitely have to close Metro Hotel and Tonic bar.
"Star bar might be able to stay open in the little outdoor space we have - but it's barely anything, 25 per cent - if that.
"For hospitality businesses the situation at the moment is the worst we've ever seen."
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