And though it is a milestone worth celebrating, Albury Wodonga Health pandemic response director Sally Squire says it's no time for complacency.

"A year without a COVID case here on the Border regionally is quite an achievement, but I think we mark this day with a lot of caution and a real message around thanking our community," she said.

"I know things have been really hard for our community such as recently with the border closures.

"What I really want to stress is that now is not the time for complacency.

"We have seen evidence, particularly over these last couple of weeks and months, about how virulent these strains of coronavirus have been and this Delta variant really is strong.

"I'd urge our community to keep up and maintain those measures that keep you, your family and our community safe."

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Ms Squire said the community and frontline staff had stepped up to help contain exposure sites quickly and professionally.

"It's probably a combination of all the things we've done as a community to keep ourselves safe," she said.

"I think there are some very well planned strategies in place that are based on evidence and obviously our public health unit have been working really hard.

"Our contact tracing team have gotten right on top of any outbreaks or exposure sites that we've seen."

Ms Squire acknowledged that community members may be frustrated in the face of zero COVID cases and continuing restrictions but stressed things can change extremely quickly in a pandemic.

"What we see happen in both Victoria and NSW is the spread out into regional areas and we know our community continues to be very mobile," Ms Squire said.

"People do travel and I think it's really important to never take for granted that we have no cases."