As many as 30 staff at the Royal Melbourne Hospital have come out of self-isolation after an initial positive COVID-19 test result was shown to be a false positive.
The Department of Health and Human Services says the initial low positive test result for the female patient was reviewed by the Expert Review Panel.
A department spokesperson says the second test returned a negative result.
Staff were sent immediately into isolation as a precautionary measure upon news of the initial positive result.
Zero cases and deaths were recorded in the daily tally released today, from 5,848 test results.
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Victoria has maintained its track record of zero locally acquired cases for more than eight weeks, or 58 days, but there are 10 overseas-acquired cases in hotel quarantine.
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