Victoria has recorded 183 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, as Ballarat is thrown into high alert.
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Ballarat Health Services confirmed on Saturday evening a person who has tested positive to COVID-19 attended the ACU Ballarat (Aquinas) campus on Mair Street on Wednesday September 1 from 3.30pm to 6pm.
ACU sent an announcement to staff and students, stating the person had attended a nursing laboratory on campus.
The campus has been listed as a tier two site.
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Anyone who attended ACU Ballarat on Wednesday September 1 between 3.30pm and 6pm is asked to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.
BHS said some individuals would be contacted directly by the Department of Health and would be required to quarantine for 14 days.
Anyone who was on campus during the hours of exposure has been told to go home and isolate immediately, get a COVID test and only leave home to have that test - do not stop anywhere along the way.
It was confirmed on Sunday the person who returned a positive test does not live in Ballarat.
Victoria continues to push to get vaccination rates ahead of the growing outbreak.
Of the new infections announced on Sunday, 101 have so far been linked to known cases.
The total number of active cases in the state is 1417.
Test results processed on Saturday totalled 48,487.
There were 29,950 doses of COVID-19 vaccinations delivered on Saturday.
It is the second year in a row Victoria is spending Father's Day in lockdown.
Extra support for businesses struggling through lockdown was announced on Saturday.
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