That's all for our coronavirus updates blog today, and thanks for tuning in.
There is going to be another coronavirus updates blog tomorrow morning, but I'm taking a break from blogging after three days in a row and will be handing over the reins to Marissa Calligeros.
Here is a summary of the key updates today:
- A man in his 80s has died of coronavirus in Victoria, bringing the state's death toll from the virus to 20. Nationwide there have been 103 deaths from coronavirus since the start of the outbreak.
- A total of 30 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed nationwide today: 20 in Victoria and 10 in New South Wales.
- The Victorian government has requested military support to help manage its COVID-19 outbreak, including the quarantine hotels where security guards have been infected and taken the virus home to their families.
- Of the 20 new cases in Victoria, seven are linked to known outbreaks, one is an overseas traveller in hotel quarantine, nine were detected through routine testing (which means the source of the infection is not yet apparent) and three are currently under investigation.
- All 10 of the new cases in New South Wales are returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.
- No new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Queensland for the seventh day in a row.
- The Victorian Health Department has not released a list of Melbourne suburbs that have recorded an increase in recent days. Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said on radio this morning that the list of suburbs would be published today.
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has reiterated her advice for people to "rethink any travel to Melbourne whatsoever", although she says it is unlikely her state will close its borders.
- Woolworths will reinstate product limits for a number of items at its Victorian stores due to a spike in demand over the past 24 hours as concerns over a coronavirus outbreak in the state escalate.
- Health Minister Greg Hunt has said he believes large anti-racism protests held in Australian cities two weeks ago led to a relaxation of community attitudes towards social distancing, which is to blame for the recent spike in cases.
- Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said this morning that so far the COVIDSafe app had not identified anyone that contact tracers hadn’t already uncovered through the manual process.