GANNAWARRA has avoided a post-Easter spike in recorded COVID-19 cases.
Health experts had predicted a surge in post-Easter cases of COVID-19 with more family gatherings and more people travelling during the Easter school holiday break.
The more than 100 new cases in the Gannawarra local government area comes as schoolchildren returned to class this week without the mask mandate for students in Years 3 to 6.
The Victorian Government removed most COVID-19 restrictions from midnight on April 22 as the peak of the Omicron wave was beginning to subside, with almost 70 per cent of adults having had a third vaccine dose.
Huge crowds attended weekend and other planned activities in the region, including the Quambatook Tractor Pull, Rotary Easter Art Show, tennis and bowls tournaments, and most accommodation houses were booked out over the long weekend and beyond.
The total of COVID-19 cases detected in the Gannawarra LGA has risen from 1152 to 1263 in the 14 days since Easter – an increase of 111 over 14 days.
Yesterday there were 71
active cases in Gannawarra, an increase of five from the previous 24-hour period.
Across the state there were 8109 new cases yesterday, bringing the active total to 56,158.
The Department of Health recorded 456 people in hospital, with 26 in ICU.
