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Victorian Covid cases have rocketed back up to 1,638, the second-most recorded in a single day in Australia in the whole pandemic.
Infections dipped on Wednesday to 1,420 after a high of 1,763 the day before, but that appears to not be the start of a turnaround in the outbreak.
Four people also died while positive with Covid and that number is expected to get worse as more sick and unvaccinated Victorians enter hospital.
The new cases were diagnosed form 62,189 tests and 35,253 vaccine doses were administered in state-run facilities on Wednesday.
Busy St Kilda Beach on the weekend, with lockdown fatigue setting in across the city a possible contributor to skyrocketing infections
Authorities are racing to identify all vulnerable young patients who were exposed to a Covid-19 outbreak at a Melbourne children's hospital cancer ward.
A patient's parent spent at least four days at the Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville while infectious, with the exposure period stretching from October 1 to October 4.
A hospital spokeswoman said contact tracing was
