Department of Health

Coronavirus update for Victoria - 29 December 2020

Victoria has recorded no new cases of coronavirus since yesterday.

29/12/20

Victoria has recorded no new cases of coronavirus since yesterday.

There are currently seven active cases of COVID-19 in Victoria. Six of these are in returning international travelers in hotel quarantine and the remaining case is in a teenage girl who is isolating at home after contracting the virus in NSW.

Today is the 60th straight day where Victoria has recorded zero daily community transmission cases. There are no new deaths.

We must remain vigilant over the festive season and anyone with symptoms, no matter how mild, is urged get tested immediately.

COVID-19 testing remains one of the best ways we can keep people safe and stay open and enjoy a COVIDSafe summer.

There will be reduced capacity of some testing sites until 2 January, including reduced hours at some Community Health Service-led testing sites. However, more than 60 testing sites will remain open throughout the summer break.

Testing sites are also operating in the popular holiday destinations at Torquay, Lorne, and the Mornington Peninsula.

Testing site details, including opening hours, are available from our Where to get tested page.

A total of 3,854,065 test results have been received in Victoria which is an increase of 6,899 since yesterday. Wastewater monitoring is continuing at more than 60 locations across Victoria.

Victoria’s border with New South Wales is closed and no one who has been in the Northern Beaches area, Greater Sydney or the NSW Central Coast from 11 December is allowed to come into Victoria.

Anyone arriving at the road border from those impacted areas will be turned away and will have to find alternative accommodation in New South Wales.

Victorians are strongly advised not to travel to Sydney as you may not be able to re-enter without undertaking hotel quarantine for 14 days.

The border restrictions are reviewed every day based on public health advice and we're working closely with NSW Health to monitor the situation closely.

Further information about the Victorian wastewater testing program can be found on our Wastewater monitoring page.

Information regarding COVID-19 is available at the Department of Health and Human Services website or by calling 1800 675 398.

Reviewed 28 December 2020

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