North East Health recorded a positive COVID-19 case at the Wangaratta hospital yesterday, the closest active case to Albury-Wodonga, after Victoria recorded 65 new cases.

Meanwhile, NSW recorded 830 new cases yesterday and, on Saturday, Murrumbidgee Local Health District recorded its first COVID-19 case since last year after a Lachlan Shire resident tested positive.

Murray River police district commander Superintendent Paul Smith urged the community to continue to comply with public health orders, after police arrested protestors on Kiewa and Dean streets on Saturday.

"It is important that everyone maintains vigilance with the health orders to prevent COVID-19 from spreading into our community," he said.

"Now is not the time for complacency, please stay at home for the health and safety of everyone."

Murray Primary Health Network chief executive Matt Jones said it was important for people to follow public health orders as the region became sandwiched between coronavirus cases.

"There's the prospect of infections coming locally, particularly for border communities; that's something that we've got to be very alert to," he said.

"There are other avenues it could be coming into local communities."

Mr Jones said it was important people followed the public health orders and lockdown restrictions.

"The virus doesn't move it, actually moves through people," he said.

"So if we can restrict the movement of people thorough lockdowns, it really limits then the prospect of transmission.

"And if we can follow public health orders when we do move around - so with masks, physical distancing, personal hygiene - it also then really reduces the prospect of spreading community infection."

Mr Jones encouraged anyone who had been in a COVID-19 exposure site they needed to get tested.

"There's a number of exposure sites near Shepparton, so that's starting to get closer to home in regards to local communities," he said.

"So if people have visited any of those exposures sites, during the times that have been advertised, they need to follow the public health advice around isolation and getting tested."

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Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees said people should stay home if they could.

"Try not to take all your family out to the supermarket if you need to get out, stay away from people and wear your masks where possible," he said.

"Even start to train your children into wearing masks, we don't want it going through our children.

"Apart from the normal restrictions, if you can, you should, you must stay at home."

Mr Rees encouraged anyone who had flu-like symptoms to get tested.

"Let's get this and nail it before it becomes major," he said.

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