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Victoria records 71 local Covid-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'

Victoria records 71 local Covid-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'

The state recorded 71 local Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with just 49 linked to known outbreaks.

Health authorities have not revealed how many were in quarantine while infectious.

But the majority of new cases recorded on Thursday, Friday and Saturday were not in quarantine while infectious.

The new cases were identified from 46,446 test results received yesterday, and there were 22,191 doses of vaccine administered at state-run sites.

On Sunday, Health Minister Martin Foley said he believed the state was "still in the realm of hauling this back", despite the growing outbreak in Shepparton.

Hundreds of workers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital have been furloughed after an outbreak there, which authorities believe stemmed from a Shepparton man who visited the hospital for surgery.

The state recorded 71 local Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with just 49 linked to known outbreaks.

Health authorities have not revealed how many were in quarantine while infectious.

But the majority of new cases recorded on Thursday, Friday and Saturday were not in quarantine while infectious.

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