A dozen new COVID-19 testing sites will roll out across the 10 Melbourne postcodes set to lockdown from midnight tonight, as Victoria records 73 new cases of coronavirus.
Among the new cases, three were from hotel quarantine, nine were associated with known and contained outbreaks, 19 were detected as a result of routine testing and 42 remain under investigation.
The state's virus total is 2231 infections.
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Premier Daniel Andrews said there would be a combination of mobile testing at the end of streets, drive-through clinics as well as other pop-up clinics opening across the impacted postcodes from today.
"There will be 12 new sites that will be dedicated testing locations across all of those postcodes that have been locked down from midnight tonight," Mr Andrews said.
About 10 of the new testing centres would open later today.
New Melbourne coronavirus testing sites:
Wingate Avenue Community Centre - Ascot Vale
Maribyrnong Community Centre - Maribyrnong
Fairbairn Park Pavilion - Ascot Vale
Niddrie Community Hub - Niddrie
Glenroy Library - Glenroy
A G Gillon Oval - Brunswick
Global Learning Village - Broadmeadows
Fawkner Basketball Courts - Fawkner
Albanvale Community Centre - Albanvale
Maidstone Community Centre - Maidstone
It comes as an army of doorknockers continue to knock on hotspot suburb doors in the city's north and north-west.
Mr Andrews said 54,000 doors were knocked on as of last night in high-risk suburbs, with authorities offering advice, testing information and in some cases self-administering test kits.
"There will be further door knocking, quite intensive door knocking," he said.
"This is not over. It won't be over for a long time."
A total of 20,682 tests were conducted yesterday.
Mr Andrews said he would not hesitate to shut down more postcodes or the rest of the state, if people did not comply with the geographical lockdowns.
"I don't want to have to shut down anymore postcodes," he said.
"That is less likely if Victorians follow the rules, if Victorians who are sick get tested, if Victorians who are sick don't go and visit friends, don't go to work, don't continue as if they weren't ill."
He stressed there should be "no confusion" among the community about the new postcode lockdown measures. People who refused to comply would face fines of up to $1652 as police patrol restricted streets.
"This is a legally enforceable lockdown," he said.
"People know which postcode they live in. There can be no confusion about that. That postcode boundary, however inconvenient … was the best way to go.
"Whenever you drawn a line on a map there will always be people on either side of it and anomalies and issues that come from that."
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