Victoria records 1,061 new local COVID-19 cases and four deaths

Victoria records 1,061 COVID-19 new cases after protests continued for third weekend

Victoria has recorded another 1,061 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths.

Victoria records 1,061 new local COVID-19 cases and four deaths

There are now 11,331 active cases of the virus in Victoria, as tighter border rules come into force to respond to the new Omicron variant. 

Overseas travellers forced into quarantine, Victoria records 1061 cases and four deaths

Health officials are now scrambling to understand the seriousness of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, with the Australian government closing all borders to non-citizens from nine southern African nations.