Victoria has recorded the deaths of a further 19 people who had contracted COVID-19.
The number of COVID-related patients in hospital has fallen to 487, down from the 553 reported on Friday.
Of the people in hospital, 79 are in intensive care units and 20 are receiving ventilation.
It is the lowest number of COVID-19 patients in hospital since January 2, when there were 472 people with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals.
Since then, the state has experienced weeks of tragedy, with 730 COVID-related deaths reported since January 2.
The pressure on the state's hospital system has been gradually easing, with a "Code Brown" declaration due to be lifted from Monday.
The state reported 7,224 new infections on Friday.
That tally comprises 2,545 positive PCR tests and 4,679 positive rapid antigen test notifications.
It takes the number of officially reported active infections to 55,102, down from 55,617 on Friday.
Half of Victoria's 18+ population has had third vaccine dose
About 50 per cent of the state's adult population has now had a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the health department.
The third dose will soon be essential for people to be considered "up to date" with COVID-19 vaccinations, following changes from the country's vaccine advisory group, ATAGI.
Victoria has flagged an expansion of its vaccine mandates to require three doses to visit some venues or work in more industries.
But authorities have not confirmed if or when those changes will be made.
ATAGI recommended that the "up to date" change take place from the end of March to allow more people to be vaccinated and give people time to adapt to any changes.
"Fully vaccinated will require a third dose, and being able to access a lot of venues will necessarily require it as well," Treasurer Tim Pallas said.
Mr Pallas acknowledged compliance with the state's QR code check-in system was declining and case numbers remained too high for contact tracing to be effective.
But he said there were no plans to wind back the check-in requirements, as has been done in other states, because the "vitally important" system allowed venues to check vaccination status of patrons.
"But as those numbers come back into a manageable sense, it gives us our best chance to get on top of the presentations in the community."
