Victorian Outbreak Now at 35 Cases Amid Lockdown

Aged care worker among 5 new cases

A man crosses the normally busy intersection of Flinders street and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Australia on May 28, 2021. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Victoria has recorded five new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as residents go into the second day of the state’s fourth lockdown.

The cases were recorded by Victoria’s Department of Health on Friday from more than 56,000 tests—a testing record for the state.