Victoria Covid update: Daniel Andrews has no plans to lift lockdown early, as new case recorded in Mildura - The Guardian Australia

The premier said on Sunday the state was not seeing any new chains of transmission opening up and the outbreak was unfolding as the government “hoped it would”.

Victoria recorded 16 new locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to midnight on Saturday but authorities advised there had been an extra case in regional Victoria added in the hour before Sunday’s press conference.

A stay-at-home order is due to expire at midnight on Tuesday, but could be extended based on data including case numbers and exposure sites, chief health officer Brett Sutton said.

On Saturday authorities estimated there were 10,000 “primary close contacts” in Victoria and by Sunday morning had identified 217 potential Covid exposure sites across the state.

Some of the exposure sites and close contacts have spread to regional Victoria.