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Victoria records five COVID-19 infections in hotel quarantine, no local cases
Victoria has recorded five coronavirus cases in returned travellers, the first confirmed infections in hotel quarantine since the program resumed in the state.
Key points:
- The five cases in hotel quarantine were acquired overseas are the only active infections across Victoria
- The Deputy Chief Health Officer says infections being found means the system is working as it is meant to
- The state has still not recorded any locally acquired infections for more than six weeks
The state has recorded its 43rd day in a row without a locally acquired case of COVID-19.
There were 8,737 test results received, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
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