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Virus tally mounts

Brimbank’s active COVID-19 case tally was heading toward 900 cases on Sunday night.

An additional 15 cases on Sunday brought the municipality’s total to 878 active cases, second only to Wyndham (942).

It comes as three outbreaks within Brimbank continue to grow.

A total of 146 cases had been linked to the troubling outbreak at the Estia Aged Care Facility in Ardeer, while the outbreak at the JBS abattoir in Brooklyn also surpassed 100 with 125 cases.

The outbreak at Catholic Regional College in Sydenham reached 38 linked cases over the weekend.

Residents have now endured a week of strict stage 4 measures in a bid to quell the rampant spread of the virus.

Premier Daniel Andrews said he was pleased with the number of people doing the right thing, but had a clear message for those breaking the rules.

“I think that people – a growing number of Victorians know and understand that this is a battle, this is a fight the likes of which we’ve never been engaged in, ever,” he said.

“But we overcome. We overcame fire. We overcame drought.

“We overcome lots of challenges. We are a resilient people.

“But everyone has to play a part in that.

“To those whose aren’t, Victoria Police are out there and they will fine you.”

Sunday marked the states lowest tally of new cases (394) in 12 days, but Mr Andrews warned Victorians not to get the wrong idea.

“Obviously, any day where there’s fewer cases than the previous day is a good one,” he said.

“But I wouldn’t want to be trying to predict, I wouldn’t want to take one day’s data or even a week’s data.”

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