Another 17 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Victoria, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1423.
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The smaller secondary spike in the last week comes as the state aggressively tackles the virus with the biggest testing regime in Australia.
In Ballarat alone, people without symptoms who have not been able to work at home (including the likes of emergency workers, tradies and teachers) are now able to get tested.
Eleven of the new Victoria cases are connected to the cluster at Cedar Meats abattoir, which already had 34 cases. It now has had 45 employees infected.
Both the company and the state's chief health officer have assured the public meat from the factory is safe to eat.
All 350 staff were tested for COVID-19 by May 1 and the site has been shutdown.
Two of the newly-confirmed patients were diagnosed after being tested in a drive-through clinic, while another three are under investigation.
Eleven people remain in hospital, including six people in intensive care.
So far, 152,000 people have been tested around Victoria, an increase of 5,500 from the day before.
There are now 94 known confirmed cases.
This figure had dropped as low as 49 a week ago.
Meanwhile, Treasurer Tim Pallas announced $490 million in additional tax relief for Victorians.
"About $225 million of that is payroll tax relief and about $200 million of that is foregone premiums under WorkCover," he said, noting anyone entitled to WorkCover protection will still be covered.
"The state will effectively pick up those shortfalls to the extent that, of course, the (WorkCover) fund itself can continue to operate in the way where they can make those payments, that will continue to be the case."
Meanwhile, a school teacher who tested positive to coronavirus leading to the shutdown of Meadow Glen primary school in Epping says he was rejected for testing three times.
Keith Campbell believes he had the virus back in March but his attempts to get tested were repeatedly denied because he did not meet the box-ticking criteria.
"I wasn't severe enough to obviously warrant a test, basically that was it," he told Nine's Today program on Tuesday.
"I tried three times, twice through the hospital and then the (Department of Health and Human Services)."
Mr Campbell said he doesn't blame health staff who denied him a test because they were just doing their job with the tools available to them.
He believes he caught the deadly virus back in mid-March at a bar he was at along with other members of his family, including his nine-year-old granddaughter, who also tested positive.
By the time he was tested, the coronavirus cells in his nasal passage were dead, but it was enough for authorities to shut down the school where he worked.
He was not in contact with children for two days prior and was only at the school to record video lessons.
The state government named the school on Sunday soon after federal education minister Dan Tehan launched an attack on Premier Daniel Andrews over his refusal to open schools.
Mr Tehan withdrew his comments later that same day.
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