Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says 10 people in the state died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with 459 new cases recorded. Follow his press conference live.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says 10 people in the state died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with 459 new cases recorded.
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6mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:45amBy Michael Doyle
One man in his 40s among 10 dead
A man in his 40s is among the 10 people who have died from coornavirus in the last 24 hours.
Seven men and three women make up the tally.
10mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:40amBy Michael Doyle
Don’t go to work if you are feeling unwell
Mr Andrews has again urged people who are feeling unwell to not go to work and stay at home. 
“Aged care, health care, big distribution centres, meatworks, cool stores, big warehouses, these workplaces are driving most of this second wave and therefore what that tells you is that some people, for whatever reason some people are feeling sick, they have symptoms and they are still going to work,” he said.
  “If that continues, then we will just continue to see more and more cases.
“You are an unacceptably high risk of it to co-workers and lots people.”
14mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:37amBy Michael Doyle
‘Wildly infectious’: Andrews says every Victorian needs to take care regardless of age
 
“It is a wildly infectious virus and whether you have underlying complex health issues or whether you are otherwise healthy, people have died from all of those cohorts and more from right around the world,” the Premier said.  
“So there is no reason for anybody to think that because they are otherwise fit or because they are not in their 80s, then somehow they have essentially got a vaccine for this.”
23mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:28amBy Michael Doyle
Intensive care patients increases
 
The Premier announced 228 people are currently in Victorian hospitals. 
42 of these patients are in intensive care. 
The state recorded 42,573 tests yesterday. 
25mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:25amBy Michael Doyle
Seven deaths linked to aged care facilities
 
Mr Andrews has said seven of the 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours have occurred in aged care homes.  
26mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:24amBy Michael Doyle
Key Event
Victoria records 459 new cases, 10 dead
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the state has recorded a further 459 COVID-19 infections.
There have been a further 10 deaths, taking the state’s death toll to 71. 
41mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:10amBy Michael Doyle
Key Event
NSW records 14 new cases of coronavirus
NSW has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19.

• Six of the cases are related to the Thai Rock restaurant
• Four of the cases are related to those attending church services in south-west Sydney between July 16-19
• Three cases are returned travellers
• One case is still under investigation

49mminutes agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 1:02amBy Michael Doyle
Where you can watch the Daniel Andrews press conference
Daniel Andrews will be speaking in roughly 15 minutes. 
You can watch the press conference live on the blog. 
Just click the live stream at the top of the page. 
1hhour agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 12:44amBy Michael Doyle
Adelaide man arrested for breaching COVID-19 restrictions
A South Australian man has been arrested after allegedly breaching COVID-19 directions by entering the state in a vehicle with blackened-out number plates and travelling on the wrong side of the road.
 About 7:15pm on Friday, police at the Oodla Wirra border checkpoint, in the state’s Mid North, spotted the blue Toyota sedan travelling at speed on the wrong side of the Barrier Highway.
 Police said the driver did not stop at the checkpoint and officers later found the vehicle abandoned in bushes off a dirt road.
 The alleged driver, a 30-year-old man from Elizabeth Downs, was arrested after he appeared from bushes nearby, police said.
 Police said the man was a non-essential traveller who had returned to SA from New South Wales.
 He was also submitted to a drug test where he provided a positive result for methamphetamine, police said.
 He will appear in court on Monday. 
1hhour agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 12:33amBy Michael Doyle
Read the instructions, and head to the websites
Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth, has told ABC News that residents wanting to wear masks can find all the information they need on federal and state government websites.
“I think at the absolute base level, we have to be clear in greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, when you go out for one of those four reasons, that you have a face covering,” he said.
 “It is difficult to interpret, as a member of the community, different masks. 
 “That’s why we have a range of information on the Victorian and Health Government websites, to ensure that people are aware of what masks they can use. 
 “I’d simply say that there’s a range of face coverings available, and that you can always look at the manufacturer’s instructions.”
1hhour agoSunSunday26JulJuly2020 at 12:10amBy Michael Doyle
Daniel Andrews press conference will be held at 11:15am AEST
Good morning Tyaak, Soph, Chris, Shellie and everyone else who has asked in the comments section: “What time will Dan Andrews speak?”
We have just been informed that Daniel Andrews, the Premier of Victoria, will speak this morning at 11:15am AEST.
Yesterday at 11:57pmSatSaturday25JulJuly2020 at 11:57pmBy Michael Doyle
Breakdown of coronavirus cases in Victorian aged care facilities
We get many questions asking what the breakdown of cases is in aged care facilities. 
Victoria’s DHHS published these figures last night. 

• 74 St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Victoria
• 71 Estia Aged Care Facility Ardeer
• 60 Menarock Life Aged Care Essendon
• 49 Glendale Aged Care Facility    
• 44 Estia Aged Care Heidelberg    
• 37 Arcare Aged Care Craigieburn    
• 23 Baptcare Wyndham Lodge Community Werribee    
• 22 Regis Brighton Aged Care    
• 21 Embracia Moonee Valley Aged Care    
• 16 Epping Gardens Aged Care    
• 12 Japara Millward Residential Aged Care Doncaster East   
• 11 Royal Freemasons Gregory Lodge    
•  9 Doutta Galla Aged Care Footscray     
•  9 CraigCare ACF Pascoe Vale    
•  9 Aurrum Aged Care Plenty    
•  9 Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes Kilsyth    
•  8 Outlook Gardens Aged Care Dandenong North    
•  6 Japara Central Park ACF Windsor   
•  6 Life Health Services Agency    
•  5 Assisi Centre Aged Care    
•  5 Rathdowne Place Aged Care Carlton    
•  5 Bupa Aged Care Edithvale    
•  5  Bill Crawford Lodge    
•  2 Aurrum Healesville ACF    
•  2 CraigCare Moonee Ponds    
•  2  BUPA Aged Care Sunshine    
•  2 Mercy Place Parkville aged care    
•  2 Bupa Aged Care Traralgon    
•  1 Corpus Christi Clayton    
•  1 Assisi Centre Aged Care    
•  1 Iris Manor Ashburton Aged Care    
•  1 Bluecross ACF Ruckers Hill    
•  1 Blue Cross Riverlea Avondale Heights    
•  1 Villa Maria Catholic Homes St Bernadette’s Sunshine North Aged Care    
•  1 Villa Del Sole Italian Aged Care Glenroy    
•  1 Martin Luther Homes The Basin    
•  1 Melbourne City Mission Hassett Cres Keilor East Complex case    
•  1 Jack Lonsdale Lodge Ballarat    

Yesterday at 11:34pmSatSaturday25JulJuly2020 at 11:34pmBy Michael Doyle
Investigations into Victorian aged care facilities has begun
Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth says high level investigations are underway to find ways to stop the spread of coronavirus in aged care facilities.
 536 cases are now linked to Victorian aged care facilities and around 300 health care workers across the state.
 The Federal Government has established the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre to manage COVID-19 outbreaks at aged care homes.
 Dr Coatsworth says high levels of community transmission in the state have contributed to the crisis.
Yesterday at 11:13pmSatSaturday25JulJuly2020 at 11:13pmBy Michael Doyle
30,000 cross the border into South Australia
Since South Australia’s tough border restrictions came into effect two-weeks ago, almost 30,000 people have crossed over.
Half of them came from Victoria, but many carry cross-border community permits. 
The new police data also shows of the 15-thousand people who travelled into South Australia from Victoria, 1,800 were approved non-essential travellers such as returning citizens.
But from midnight on Tuesday, South Australia will further tighten its border controls with Victoria, banning anyone, including South Australians from entering the state.
Yesterday at 10:43pmSatSaturday25JulJuly2020 at 10:43pmBy Michael Doyle
Funding urged to keep pilots in the aviation industry
The association representing Qantas pilots wants the Federal Government to fund a training package to maintain the workforce’s skills during the COVID-19 crisis.
 Many pilots remain stood down because of the pandemic.
 The President of the Australian and International Pilot’s Association Mark Sedgwick says it’s made it hard for pilots to get enough flying hours to maintain their skills.
 In a statement a spokesman for the Federal Transport Minister Michael McCormack said the Government was investing more than a billion dollars to help the aviation industry, as well as establishing a billion dollar JobTrainer Fund.
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