The state’s health department confirmed the new cases about 8.30am and revealed 22 of those were mystery infections.The state’s health department said only 49 of the 71 new local cases could be linked to existing outbreaks.Several concerning other clusters ballooned at the weekend, with about 40 cases now linked to the Shepparton outbreak and seven linked to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.There’s also cases linked to the MyCentre Childcare in Broadmeadows, the St Kilda and Port Phillip local government area outbreak, the CS Square shopping centre in Caroline Springs and the City of Hobsons Bay community outbreak.“We don’t have a source case for the Shepparton outbreak yet, we’re not sure how that started,” health department deputy secretary Kate Matson said.“We expect that (Royal Melbourne) outbreak to grow just as we expect the Shepparton outbreak to grow.”Health Minister Martin Foley said although mystery infections kept popping up, the earlier parts of the outbreak, such as the Al-Taqwa College cluster, were under control.“We’ve got community transmission, we’re still in the realm of hauling this back,” he said.The exact number of cases linked to each cluster will be provided by authorities at a press conference later on Monday.There are now more than 600 exposure sites in multiple suburbs across metropolitan Melbourne and more than 12,000 people remain in isolation across the state.There are now 494 active cases across the state, up from 440 on Sunday. The health department said 103 of the 440 active cases on Sunday were aged 9 and under, while 85 were aged between 10 and 19 years old.No new cases were recorded in hotel quarantine on Monday.jack.paynter@news.com.au
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