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Acting Premier James Merlino said the spread of the outbreak was causing great concern, with more than 10,000 primary and secondary contacts identified
Victoria's fourth lockdown might be its cruellest yet.
While six million residents went about their lives under the impression Covid-19 was behind them, now confined to the dungeons of quarantine hotels, they have been shocked back to reality.
Victoria is once again heading for stage 3 restrictions.
While the MCG was pumping, bars and shopping centres humming, a covert wave of the virus has been spreading virtually undetected through the state for more than two weeks.
The coronavirus cluster which began in Melbourne's north at the weekend expanded to 26 infections on Thursday, as residents were told they would be plunged into a seven-day lockdown from midnight.