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Tara Cosoleto

Victoria records another 28 COVID deaths

Most of the 28 COVID-19 deaths announced from Victoria's latest reporting period happened last month.

The state's health department said on Wednesday it had been notified the previous day of the February deaths.

The latest figure brings the state's overall pandemic death toll to 2517, with one earlier reported death reclassified.

Victoria reported 7126 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, with the new cases including 4743 from rapid antigen tests and 2383 from PCR lab tests.

The number of people in hospital has risen by nine from Tuesday, with 264 infected people admitted. Of those, 37 are in intensive care and five on ventilation.

Some 59.4 per cent of Victorian adults have received three vaccine doses.

There are 41,162 active cases in the state.

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