New COVID-19 cases in Victoria are continuing to be high, with Tuesday showing the second-highest figure since the pandemic began.
Victoria’s Premeir Daniel Andrews announced 374 new cases overnight in the state, with three new deaths of women: one aged over 100, another in her 90s and a third in her 80s.
There were 62 new cases connected to “known and contained” outbreaks and the rest are still being investigated.
Currently, Victoria has 3,078 active cases and 174 people in hospital of which 36 are in intensive care.
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Premier Andrews said that the results are not so alarming as authorities understood that it would take two weeks for results of the stage three restrictions to show in the numbers. Tomorrow is the two-week mark since their imposition. From 11.59pm Wednesday, the wearing of masks will be mandatory in public spaces.
There have been a total of 6,289 cases in the state since 1 January.