Victoria has recorded five new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as residents go into the second day of the state’s fourth lockdown. There were five new COVID-19 cases recorded by Victoria’s Department of Health on Friday from more than 56,000 tests—a testing record for the state. With 45 active cases in the state, Victorians have been told not to leave home except to shop for food and essential items, to provide or receive care, for exercise, work or study, or to get vaccinated. Victorian residents must observe a five-kilometre travel limit for exercise and shopping, and wear masks both indoors and outdoors. These rules will remain in place in Victoria until at least next Friday. Most infections are linked to the City of Whittlesea cluster in Melbourne, with cases testing positive for the B1617 strain first identified in India. “We absolutely have to recognise that there are thousands and thousands of close …