Australia's Victoria state reports five new Covid-19 cases, Delta cluster grows

People walk through the Central Business District (CBD) at dusk in Sydney, Australia

* Victoria outbreak climbs to 69 active cases * Highly infections Delta variant cases climb to 9 * State officials say outbreak manageable so far Australia's second-most populous state Victoria on Saturday reported a small increase in locally acquired Covid-19 cases as authorities hunted for the source of a highly infectious variant that has been detected in a new cluster. Five new local cases were reported, taking Victoria's total to 70 in the latest outbreak, including one recovered case, as the state capital Melbourne entered its second weekend of a hard lockdown, due to end on June 10. Curbs were eased for the rest of the state on Friday. Saturday's count was up from four new locally acquired cases on Friday.