Corona cases continued to surge in the state of Victoria, Australia. The country's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria will look into ways to improve testing for the disease to control its scope in expectation of handling of the state’s stringent lockdown restrictions, officials said on Monday. New daily coronavirus infections in Victoria, Australia’s second-most-populous state, declined to nine cases on Monday, down from 12 in the previous days. No deaths were reported until now. Melbourne, which has remained in a strict lockdown for nearly three months, is expected to see the bulk of its restrictions eased when the average for new daily cases over two weeks falls below five.
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According to the state’s modeling, that could occur in late October. On Monday, the 14-day day rolling case average was 11.6, down from 11.9 the previous day. “We want everybody who has symptoms, regardless of their circumstances, to be able to get tested, we get their results and that’s how we can protect them and indeed, the entire community,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said in a televised briefing.
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He further added, “There is some work going on in the next few days to see if we can increase the number of people who are eligible and increase the number of people who can get those tests.” Victoria accounts for 90% of the country’s 894 Covid-19 deaths. Since the start of the year, the state has conducted some 2.7 million tests. It had a population of about 6 million at the last census, according to government data. Australia has one of the world’s highest ratios of tests per capita and, despite the outbreak in Victoria, one of the lowest numbers of coronavirus cases.