About 2075 south-west residents came forward to get tested on Saturday, including 1392 at Warrnambool's Friendly Societies' Park oval, 513 at Camperdown's Leura Oval and 170 at Terang Mortlake Health Service's site.

A Department of Health spokesperson confirmed this afternoon no new cases were recorded in the region. Similarly, no infections were announced in the state government's regular press conference this morning.

Warrnambool Mayor Vicki Jellie today praised the proactive response of the city's residents, who turned up in their hundreds as early as 7am on Saturday morning to get tested.

"The rapid increase in testing capacity by South West Healthcare was remarkable," Cr Jellie said.

"And the willingness of residents to line up in droves to be tested was equally impressive. This response will be so important to helping us get on top of COVID-19 in our part of the world."

Cr Jellie said she had contacted many of the Tier 2-listed businesses on Saturday to offer support and acknowledge the difficulties they were facing.

"Our thoughts are with all those affected, particularly the listed businesses and the families and staff who depend on these businesses for their livelihoods," she said.

"I am hopeful that if we continue to follow directions from South West Healthcare and the Department of Health we can minimise the impact COVID-19 will have on our city and our people.

"The enormous effort we have made to get vaccinated will help keep us safe. The experience of our regional city counterparts in Shepparton and Ballarat shows that it is possible to quickly limit the virus."

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