VICTORIA has added 81 new cases in the past 24 hours, official figures have revealed.
The cases are a dip back under triple figures after Thursday's figures spiked back over the 100 mark.
The Department of Health and Human Services said the full number of deaths announced on Friday, 59, included 50 people who died in July.
The state and federal governments are reconciling their data due to changes in reporting obligations in the aged care sector.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to address the media later today.
Daily infection rates rose to 113 on Thursday after days of increases that numbered as low as 71.
Greater Bendigo has noted five new cases in the seven days to Thursday.
There have been three new cases since Tuesday alone.
However, the total number of actively infected people has stayed the same or decreased over the past week.
That suggests that either people are recovering or health authorities are reclassifying cases.
Victorian health authorities yesterday noted that the state's daily infection rates were trending downwards and the government still planned to release a reopening roadmap this Sunday.
Few concrete details about that plan have been made public and premier Daniel Andrews yesterday said a document with key dates leaked to Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper was out of date.
He and fellow state leaders are meeting with prime minister Scott Morrison today to talk out pandemic plans, especially those relating to border closures, agriculture and the upcoming bushfire season.
Victorian health authorities expect to release a further breakdown of today's new cases later today.
Separately, Queensland recorded no new cases in the 24 hours to Friday.
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