Colac Otway’s active cases down to 42

Six more Colac Otway people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with the shire’s number of active cases falling to 42.

The latest DHHS figures show the total number of cases is steady at 97, meaning there have been no new infections.

Surf Coast Shire is also steady, with five active cases, while Corangamite Shire has zero.

Warrnambool’s case load has jumped from one active case yesterday to five today.

Ballarat has 28 active cases, Greater Geelong has 155, Golden Plains Shire has four and Queenscliffe has no active cases.

Victoria has recorded 282 new cases of coronavirus since yesterday, with the total number of cases now at 17,027, of which 7474 are active.

There have been 25 new deaths from COVID-19 in Victoria since yesterday: One man aged in his 60s, four women and three men aged in their 70s, six women and four men aged in their 80s and four women and three men aged in their 90s.

Twenty-two of the 25 new deaths are linked to known outbreaks in aged care facilities. To date, 334 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.