https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-29/victoria-covid-19-cases-grow-contact-trac...Premier Daniel Andrews confirms Victorian
lockdown will be extended as 92 new COVID cases recorded
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Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed Victoria's sixth lockdown will be extended past Thursday, but it is too early to say which settings will be in place and how long the restrictions will last.
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Victoria has recorded 92 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, a number not seen since the middle of Melbourne's deadly second wave in 2020.
It is the largest number of cases recorded in a single day since 110 on September 2, 2020.
The statewide lockdown was called after just eight new cases were found in early August.
"Obviously with almost 100 cases today, where many of them remain mysteries, many of them were out in the community during their infectious period, it is not going to be possible for us to open up our Victorian community in just a couple of days' time," Mr Andrews said.
He said the government had not yet received advice "as to what is possible, what is safe" from the Chief Health Officer, but would let the community know as soon as possible.
Of the 92 new infections recorded on Saturday, COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said 63 were linked to known outbreaks.
More than two-thirds of the new cases, and about the same proportion of the 773 active locally acquired infections, are centred around Melbourne's north and west.