One of Sunday’s 17 new cases is linked to a rugby game, sparking a new line of big event transmission A hand sanitising station is seen in Melbourne, Saturday, July 17, 2021. Victoria is in day two of its latest COVID-19 lockdown as health authorities race to keep up with “fleeting transmission” of the virus. Photo: AAP/James Ross 18 July 2021 10:57am Victorians woke to day 2 of the state’s snap lockdown on Sunday, with 16 new locally acquired cases, from 53,283 tests. All of them are linked to current outbreaks, but an extra one was already added to the tally by the afternoon. The Mildura man’s test results only came back positive at 10 am, Sunday morning with the state’s COVID Commander Jeroen Weimar saying interviews were ongoing with a further update due to follow.