Victoria records 21 new coronavirus cases,
seven more deaths.
Anthony Piovesan, NCA NewsWire
September 19, 2020 9:27am
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Victoria has recorded 21 new coronavirus cases and seven more deaths on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.
The drop in infections is the state’s lowest daily figure since June 23 where 18 cases were recorded.
The average daily case number for metropolitan Melbourne has also dipped to 39.3, meaning the city is on track to a scheduled easing of restrictions.
Metropolitan Melbourne must reach an average daily case rate of between 30 and 50 cases over the preceding fortnight to trigger an easing of lockdown measures from September 28.
The daily average in regional Victoria is 1.9.
There are 64 cases of an unknown source in metropolitan Melbourne and none in regional Victoria.
It comes as anti-lockdown protesters are threatening to stage freedom rallies “like nothing you’ve ever seen before” in Melbourne’s CBD this weekend.
While blatant breaches of Melbourne’s 5km-radius rule were revealed as the cause behind a cluster of 34 coronavirus infections in Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs.
Members of five households in Hallem, Clyde, Narre Warren South and Cranbourne North had travelled outside the mandated 5km radius, leading to the outbreak in Casey.