Victoria Records 29 New Virus Cases

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces a snap five day lockdown for the state during a press conference in Melbourne, Australia on July 15, 2021 . Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Victoria has recorded 29 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, all of them linked to current outbreaks but not in quarantine while infectious.

The state’s Delta variant outbreak has also spread to a public housing tower in the Melbourne suburb of Flemington previously placed under strict lockdown in early July.