A southern Riverina health service says it's not concerned about any previous coronavirus test results after a weekend case was found to be negative.
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Murrumbidgee Local Health District, which includes Albury, said further testing of a Wagga man in his 60s confirmed a negative result after he initially returned a low level reading.
Director public health Tracey Oakman said that situation had not occurred often in this region.
"It hasn't happened much at all in our area; around the state it has happened on a number of occasions, it's routine to retest those cases," she said on Monday.
"The laboratory gave indication to us that it was a low positive, so we were then able to trigger repeat testing.
"We've not been concerned about any other test that we've received to date."
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Mrs Oakman said a fever had led to the man being tested for COVID-19.
"In pathology there's always cut-off areas when you're doing tests and there's different elements of what the laboratories test for," she said.
"I understand in this case the person was close to the low cut-off negative area."
The number of coronavirus cases in Murrumbidgee remains at 45, of which 39 patients have recovered and no one is now in hospital.
Monday's Victorian figures showed no new cases in the North East, but the Moira total had dropped from 11 to 10.
A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said one case had been removed from Moira and was now counted in the national numbers as a NSW case.
The cumulative local government area data is continually analysed and clarified, so published numbers are always subject to change.
"These changes in numbers can be for many reasons, including duplications and wrong postcodes recorded," the spokesperson said.
"It is worth noting that the data also reflects the residential address the person nominates, however it is not necessarily where they were infected or where the case currently resides."
Benalla has recorded three cases since the first Victorian coronavirus case on January 25, Wangaratta two and Wodonga one.
Albury Wodonga Health also confirmed there had been no further positive results at its clinic, with eight patients recovered and two self-isolating at home.
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Mrs Oakman said no additional Murrumbidgee cases was a good sign, but people needed to keep following the restrictions in place.
"Anyone can get into a car today and drive to anywhere that there may be cases," she said, referring to the need for continued vigilance.
"Most children that have got it, have got it from their parents and so in terms of the children going back to school and mixing with other children, data indicates at the moment that the risks are fairly low," she said.
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