SWAN Hill has avoided a post-Easter spike in recorded COVID-19 cases.
Health experts had predicted a surge in post-Easter cases of COVID-19 with more family gatherings and more people travelling during the Easter school holiday break.
The more than 300 new cases in the Swan Hill local government area comes as school children returned to class this week without the mask mandate for students in Years 3 to 6.
The Victorian Government removed most COVID-19 restrictions from midnight on April 22 as the peak of the Omicron wave was beginning to subside, with almost 70 per cent of adults having had a third vaccine dose.
Huge crowds attended weekend and other planned activities in the region, including the Lake Boga yacht regatta, tennis and bowls tournaments, and most accommodation houses were booked out over the long weekend and beyond.
The total of COVID-19 cases detected in the Swan Hill LGA has risen from 3984 to 4289 in the 14 days since Easter – an increase of 305 over 14 days.
Yesterday there were 122 active cases in Swan Hill LGA, an increase of one from the previous 24-hour period.
Across the state there were 11,596 new cases yesterday, bringing the active total to 58,459.
The Department of Health recorded 492 people in hospital, 29 in ICU and 14 deaths.
