Australia news LIVE: Victoria records 12 new local COVID-19 cases; Sydney cases continue to grow amid lockdown - The Age

NSW Health has confirmed reports of the death of another person with COVID-19.

A number of testing sites across Melbourne are over capacity and are turning away people seeking to get tested.

The BBC California docked at 9am and eight workers with COVID-like symptoms briefly left the ship, with masks and gloves on, to be tested for the virus by health authorities before returning to their quarters.

Victoria’s list of COVID-19 exposure sites is fast approaching 300, with another seven, including more public transport routes, added this afternoon.

The new exposure sites are among 19 added today.

Two exposure sites added this afternoon are tier-1 sites, meaning people who have visited them during specified time frames have to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine for 14 days.

The rest are tier-2 sites, meaning people who have visited them at the specified times have to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.

The new exposure sites are:.

The public transport routes come on top of the more than 20 health authorities have identified as exposure sites in the past few days.

The state’s Health Department on Monday afternoon urged passengers to register their myki public transport travel cards, saying, “with many passengers either not touching on [services] or using a registered myki, it has been difficult for contact tracers to identify the exact service and time” where exposures happen.

“When conducting interviews, the Department of Health will ask for a myki card number if the person has travelled on public transport,” the department said in a statement.

Anyone who attended the following venues is a casual contact who must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.