Australia’s coronavirus hotspot of Victoria state has reported a slight rise in new cases, but authorities sought to allay fears by saying they could link most of those infections to known outbreaks.
Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, reported one death from the virus in the last 24 hours and 15 cases, its biggest daily rise in infections in five days.
“They are, again, predominantly related to known cases, to outbreaks, and we have to get on top of these outbreaks to really drive these numbers down,” state’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton told reporters in Melbourne.
