A State of Disaster has been declared in Victoria, with authorities to impose Stage Four restrictions on metropolitan Melbourne after 671 new coronavirus infections were announced on Sunday.
Premier Daniel Andrews also confirmed seven further coronavirus deaths within the state, six connected to clusters in aged care, raising the state’s death toll to 123.
Forty seven aged care residents are currently living with COVID-19 in Victoria.
The national death toll now stands at 208, with 408 people in hospital and 46 in intensive care.
