Victoria, Red Zone Of COVID-19 With Zero Cases

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JAKARTA - Victoria is a state in Australia classified as a COVID-19 red zone. Now, they have recorded zero cases.

Victoria's record zero case is the first since June. That month they almost relaxed their restrictions.

But a new outbreak in Melbourne's northern suburbs prompted them to cancel that move. Five million residents of Melbourne, Victoria's capital, have been under a tight lockdown since July with the closure of its business sector and restrictions on citizen mobility.

The city has just emerged from a second wave after the lockdown helped bring the number of daily cases down to single digits in recent days. In fact, this state had recorded the number 700 as the peak of cases in early August.

However, clusters in the five surrounding areas have sparked fears of a new outbreak. Australia to date has reported 27,500 more COVID-19 infections, far fewer than many other developing countries.

In addition to zero new cases in recent months, Victoria, which accounts for 90 percent of more than 905 cumulative deaths, has not recorded any new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours.