Active COVID-19 case numbers have surged in Melbourne’s north and west over the past week,but are on their way down in Shepparton,Health Department data shows.
There are currently 2166 active cases in Victoria across 174 postcodes,and using the map below you can see whether there are any active cases in your area:
The overwhelming majority of active cases are in Metropolitan Melbourne and show up on the map above. To see where the active cases are in regional Victoria,use the map below:
The map of the entire state shows there are 76 active cases in the Shepparton region (although these numbers are on their way down),three cases in the Seymour area in the state’s north,two cases in the Latrobe area in the state’s east,and one case each in Mildura and Wodonga along the border with NSW.
I have added an extra colour to the map since the last time it appeared onThe Age’s website,for postcodes where there are currently more than 200 active cases.
There is currently one postcode with more than 200 active cases:3064 (that takes in Craigieburn,Donnybrook,Kalkallo,Mickleham and Roxburgh Park),in Melbourne’s north. In this area there are 263 active cases,compared with 48 a week ago.
Using this interactive graph,you can track how the number of active cases in your area has changed over time. Simply enter your postcode,and a graph will appear showing the number of known active cases in the area each day since the middle of August: