Goulburn Valley Health chief executive Matt Sharp said the positive case at Shepparton in central Victoria was reported on Friday morning.“This person is currently at home and isolating,” he said.“Contact tracing is underway and will continue as a primary focus of GV Health‘s Local Public Health Unit.“Further details regarding any community locations of concern will be provided once this information is known and if it represents a concern.“Anyone identified as a close contact will be contacted directly by the tracing team. Exposure sites will be published during the day as more information becomes available.”Restrictions were eased in the regions within the first week of lockdown, after Premier Daniel Andrews said the virus had been contained within metropolitan Melbourne. But on Thursday health authorities had warned they had noticed repeat detections of coronavirus in Shepparton’s wastewater – the period of concern was between August 9 and August 16. Two additional drive through testing sites were being established in Shepparton and were expected to open later on Friday. Victoria recorded 57 new local cases overnight – 25 were in isolation for their entire infectious period, and 49 were linked to known outbreaks.
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