Coronavirus Australia: Melbourne in six-week lockdown after Victoria records 191 new cases

Metropolitan Melbourne returns to stage 3 restrictions after community transmission soars and state records highest one-day increase in cases

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Metropolitan Melbourne will go into stage three lockdown for six weeks from 11.59pm on Wednesday after the state recorded 191 new cases of coronavirus since Monday, the highest daily increase since the pandemic began.

The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, announced that people living in the Melbourne metropolitan area and Mitchell shire would again be subject to restrictions, meaning they can only leave their house for work, education, exercise, for necessary goods or services or for medical or compassionate reasons until 11.59pm on Wednesday 19 August.

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