SWAN Hill District Health (SHDH) believes the COVID-19 case attributed to Swan Hill last week is not living in the region.
A spokeswoman told The Guardian SHDH had not been notified of a positive case.
“We believe it’s similar to the last case (recorded in late September), that the case was detected elsewhere, but that the person has their address recorded in Swan Hill,” the spokeswoman said.
Health authorities on Sunday announced 1890 COVID cases, along with five deaths.
There is one active case in Swan Hill, recorded on Friday, six in Gannawarra and 37 in Mildura.
It comes after another strong turnout for testing, with more than 74,1000 tests received.
State hubs administered nearly 40,000 vaccines on Saturday.
To date, at least 85.2 per cent of eligible Victorians have received their first vaccine dose, while 57.7 per cent are fully vaccinated.
There were 1965 coronavirus cases reported on Saturday, and five deaths, and modelling predicts daily infection numbers could rise to 3000 within weeks.
The record numbers spurred on calls for people to get jabbed as soon as possible, with vaccination protections the key to bringing down infections.
Health Department deputy secretary for COVID-19 response Kate Matson said it was possible the state hit the vaccination rate targets earlier than planned.
“I think it is possible that we hit the October 26 and November 5 (reopening) dates earlier, if people do rush to their local vaccination sites, pharmacies and GPs,” she said.
“It’s in all our power to bring those dates forward.”
The October 26 and November 5 dates were targets the government set to have 70 and then 80 per cent of people over the age of 16 double-jabbed.
Ms Matson said modelling by the Burnet Institute would be “refreshed” in coming days to update likely hospitalisation rates from recent case surges.
