Only one of the latest Victorian COVID-19 cases was in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
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The Department of Health and Human Services said 11 new local cases were reported in the 24 hours to midnight Sunday, with no new cases acquired overseas.
"The 11 new locally-acquired cases are all linked, and one has been in quarantine throughout their infectious period," the department tweeted on Monday morning.
There were 17,101 vaccine doses administered and 38,987 test results received.
Victoria has 103 active coronavirus cases about halfway through its sixth lockdown.
Viral fragments were detected in Benalla sewage on Thursday for the third time.
Mayor Danny Claridge said it was important people get tested if unwell but didn't believe one-off detections in Wangaratta or Benalla justified a statewide lockdown.
"If you've got two or three days of positive tests, then you would be very concerned.
"People who have had COVID can continue to shed fragments of the virus for up to eight weeks, so they're fully recovered people who are legitimately going through Benalla.
"There's no justification in continuing to keep regional Victoria locked down."
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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has promised millions of doses of another mRNA type of vaccine will be available in coming months.
Mr Hunt expects the first million doses of the Moderna vaccine will arrive in Australia next month subject to final approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
From today younger Aussies can start getting the Pfizer jab as Sydney looking no closer to ending weeks of COVID-19 lockdown and the number of deaths continuing to rise.
About 220,000 children aged between 12 to 15 years with underlying medical conditions, and Indigenous and remote community children will now have access to Pfizer.
In Sydney a 21,000-seat stadium will, for the next week, serve as a hub for Year 12 students from eight coronavirus-hit council areas in western and southwestern Sydney to get jabbed.
Meanwhile in Melbourne you don't even have to get out of the car as the nation's first drive-through COVID-19 vaccine begins operation.
As the lockdown was lifted in south-east Queensland, Cairns entered its first day of a three-day lockdown.
The state recorded nine new cases on Sunday including an unvaccinated taxi driver who was infectious in the Cairns community for 10 days.
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- additional reporting JANINE GRAHAM
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