Victoria coronavirus cases include Mantra Hotel worker – 7NEWS.com.au

A staff member at a Melbourne hotel that is housing asylum seekers has tested positive to COVID-19.
The Department of Home Affairs confirmed the staff member at the Mantra Hotel in Preston tested positive for the virus on July 8.
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They had not worked at any detention facility since July 4 and did not have any symptoms until several days after the shift, a Home Affairs spokesperson said.
The worker is now in self-isolation.
Since no detainees or staff have been identified as a close contact of the person, the Department of Health and Human Services has classified as low the risk of further infection.
No other staff or detainees have shown symptoms or tested positive to COVID-19.
The hotel has undergone a deep clean.
It comes after Victoria recorded its seventh straight day of triple-digit increases on Sunday with 273 new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Sunday a man in his 70s had also died from the virus, taking the national toll to 108.
The state now has 3,799 COVID-19 cases, of which 1,484 are active.
Fifty-seven people are currently in hospital with the virus and 16 of those are in intensive care.

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