Victoria has added another 1638 cases in a single day along with two deaths.
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Case numbers may have dropped sightly for the second day since Tuesday's national record of new daily cases, but the expected high numbers continue.
The two new deaths bring the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1370.
The number of active infections in the state is now 15,074.
A huge number of Victorians were tested yesterday for the virus with 77, 238 test processed, while another 36, 672 vaccinations were administered at state-run sites.
Ballarat had ten new cases announced yesterday and several new exposure sites were added.
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Anyone who has visited a contact exposure site is urged to get tested immediately and isolate: until negative results are returned for tier two and for 14 days if tier one.
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In Melbourne authorities are racing to identify all vulnerable young patients who were exposed to a COVID-19 outbreak at a Melbourne children's hospital cancer ward.
A patient's parent spent at least four days at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville while infectious, with the exposure period stretching from October 1 to October 4.
A hospital spokeswoman said contact tracing was still underway on Wednesday night, and as a result these dates may change.
The hospital's Kookaburra cancer care ward has been identified as a tier one exposure site, and its main street walkway has been listed as a tier two site for September 26.
RCH chief executive Bernadette McDonald said all affected patients, parents or carers have been placed into single rooms at the hospital to quarantine for 14 days, with contact tracing for all others underway.
No children in the cancer ward had tested positive as of Wednesday evening, but the hospital has 12 COVID-positive patients in its care, four in other wards and eight being treated at home.
Ms McDonald said some children are turning up to the hospital with other illnesses or injuries and then testing positive for COVID.
But she said: "We're not seeing extreme illness in children."
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It comes as Victoria recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic's third wave, after 11 people were reported to have died with COVID-19 on Wednesday. The state also reported 1420 new locally acquired cases.
The state government has announced Victorians stranded in the ACT and NSW will be able to return home as border restrictions eased overnight.
Areas considered red zones in NSW and the ACT have been downgraded to orange zones, allowing residents and non-residents to enter Victoria if they take a test within 72 hours of arrival and isolate until receiving a negative result.
Meanwhile, extreme risk zone classifications for locked-down areas such as Greater Sydney have been downgraded to red, meaning people can return if they isolate at home for 14 days.
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