From hope to hotspots: How coronavirus cases are surging in the suburbs
As of Friday, Victoria had 442 active coronavirus cases with the state recording its highest levels of community transmission since the pandemic reached our shores.
Only a month ago, we were ready to confidently ease more restrictions.
What happened?
This interactive map lets you see how active case numbers have changed since the start of June and where there have been spikes in new infections, even outside Melbourne's hotspot suburbs.
The council area of Hume, in Melbourne' north, has nearly 100 known active cases – more than twice as many as there were in the entire state three weeks ago.
The hotspot suburbs of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Mickleham, Kalkallo and Roxburgh Park, which have been placed back in lockdown, are within the Hume council boundary.
But cases are also spiking outside the 36 identified hotspot suburbs. Kensington and Flemington in Melbourne City Council are at risk of being added to list of COVID-19 lockdown zones.
Yarra Council, despite having no suburbs in lockdown, has one of the worst infection rates among local government areas. It has 14 active cases – compared with two a week ago – at an infection rate of 14 cases per 100,000 people.
See how cases are tracking in your council area here:
An active coronavirus case is someone who has tested positive in recent days, who has not yet recovered.
The map above shows the typical residence of an infected person, not necessarily their current location, or where they contracted the virus.
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