Victorians are still going out to work and to socialise when they have coronavirus, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
On the worst day of the coronavirus pandemic in Victoria, Mr Andrews pleaded with Victorians to stay home if they were unwell.
He said there are many cases of people awaiting coronavirus tests not going into self-isolation, including one case where a person who had the virus, went to work.
"The person who has a confirmed diagnosis having coronavirus, they've got a positive test, they weren't home, but a family member was, and the family member helpfully pointed out that that person, a positive coronavirus case, was, in fact, at work," Mr Andrews said.
He said there were many people who were known coronavirus cases who were not home yesterday when the Defence Force visited.
Personnel from the Defence Force is being used to check on people with coronavirus who are in isolation.
Those cases are being referred to Victoria Police.
Mr Andrews said the doorknocking was not just to check on people's behaviour, but also to help them in isolation.
"There were a number of people who needed scripts filled, a number of people who were running very low on some of the basic household items," he said.
"Everything from some groceries, toilet paper, things of that nature. We, because of that visit, we have been able to source all of those things for those people."
Mr Andrews implored people to take the lockdown seriously, especially those who are sick.
"So long as people continue to go to work when they are unwell, it's not in your interests, it's not in the interests of public health and safety and saving lives, and it's also not in the interests of the workplace where you work," he said.
"Because ultimately, if there is a positive case in that workplace, then that workplace will have to close down.
"There will be an enormous amount of work - thousands of emails and phone calls and text messages, and hundreds and hundreds of hours of work contact-tracing each and every one of the people who work there."
Victoria has recorded 13 deaths and 723 new infections in the past 24 hours.
"If you've got symptoms, the only thing you can do is get tested," Mr Andrews said.
"You just can't go to work. Because all you'll be doing is spreading the virus."
Yesterday, Victoria Police issued 88 fines to people breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
Among those were six men found at a short-term rental property on the Mornington Peninsula.
They told police they were there for a work meeting but officers found them drinking alcohol and watching television.
Four people caught in a vehicle checkpoint at Wyndham told officers they wanted to go fishing in Geelong, which is outside the lockdown zone.
Another man was fined for travelling from Dandenong to South Yarra for a convenience store coffee.
Twenty-six fines were issued for people refusing to wear a face covering in public. Several of those refused to wear a mask even after being offered one by police.
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