Coronavirus Australia: Victoria reports 627 new Covid-19 cases as multiple doctors in intensive care

There were eight more deaths in Victoria while 21 new coronavirus cases were recorded in New South Wales

Multiple doctors in Victoria - some of them early in their careers - are currently in intensive care after contracting Covid-19 at work.

An emergency department doctor at Northern Hospital in Melbourne's outer north is in the hospital's intensive care unit, in a stable condition, on a day when Victoria recorded 627 new cases of Covid-19 and eight new deaths.