Victoria records 24 new cases, 10 infectious in the community

One person in hotel quarantine also tested positive.

Of the locally-acquired cases only 14 were in isolation throughout their infectious period.

21 of the 24 cases are linked to known outbreaks. The other three are under investigation.

31,519 COVID tests were received on Monday and 25,742 vaccinations were administered.

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Yesterday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews extended Melbourne's lockdown by two weeks and introduced a curfew in an attempt to curb the growing outbreak.

Regional Victoria will not be subject to the curfew or lockdown extension.

Mr Andrews said he wants to avoid the situation NSW is currently facing.

"I don't want us to finish up like Sydney where it's fundamentally got away from them," he said.

"They're not reopening anytime soon. They're locked in until they pretty much get the whole place vaccinated, that's going to take months."

ACT also extended their lockdown for two weeks, while Katherine and Darwin have been locked down for 72 hours after a positive case in the NT.

On Monday, NSW recorded 478 cases of COVID yesterday, the highest single day increase since the pandemic began.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the case numbers were 'disturbingly high'.

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