Eight employees at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital test positive to COVID-19
Eight employees at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne have tested positive for coronavirus.
Five of these cases are believed to be contracted through community transmission, the hospital has confirmed.
Potentially "hundreds" of staff will now have to self-isolate as the hospital works to reduce the spread of the virus.
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Alfred Hospital lit up with messages saying thank you to health workers. 9News
The hospital has confirmed it will be providing hotel rooms to staff members who need to isolate but cannot do so at home.
The hospital has ramped up its COVID-19 protocols due to the outbreak, including having every visitor sign in and reducing visiting hours to 3pm to 7pm.
In March, the Alfred Hospital experienced a similar outbreak when 10 staff members fell ill with the virus.
The Alfred hospital in Melbourne, where another patient has died from coronavirus. Luis Enrique Ascui/The Age
Victoria's most COVID-infected areas revealed
The most infected areas in Victoria have been revealed in new data issued by the Victorian government.
The state recorded 216 new cases since yesterday, bringing the total to 3560.
Of those, 1249 are still active, with 49 people in hospital and 15 in intensive care.
Victoria's COVID-19 cases have surged in the past week as metropolitan Melbourne grapples with a second wave of community transmission. 9News
A new death since yesterday brought the state's total to 23.
And 186 of the new cases are still being investigated.
Data provided by Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton showed that of the total cases since the outbreak started, 3176 were from metropolitan Melbourne, while 279 have been from regional Victoria.
A Victoria Police checkpoint set up on the border of Sunbury and Gisborne on the Calder Freeway. Paul Rovere
The local government area with the most infected residents since the start of the outbreak was Hume with 354, followed by Melbourne (318), Wyndham (263), Brimbank (232), and Moonee Valley (228) in the top five.
The suburb with the most currently active cases is Melbourne (203).
No LGA in Victoria has had no cases of the virus, but eight have counted only one.
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