Victoria records 24 new local COVID-19 cases as Melbourne wakes to tougher lockdown rules

 Premier Daniel Andrews has warned Melburnians a high testing rate is the only short-term path out of lockdown, as authorities try to suppress the state's worsening Delta outbreak.

Victoria recorded 24 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Monday, 14 of whom were in quarantine during their infectious period.

Contact tracers have linked 21 of the cases back to existing clusters in the Delta outbreak.

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/melbourne-lockdown-curfew-local-victoria-covid-cases/100382440



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