Victoria has recorded the deaths of another six COVID-19 patients in the wake of last month's huge Omicron surge.
The number of people in hospital after contracting the virus sits at 652, down from 687 a day earlier.
Of those patients, 73 are in intensive care units, with 28 people on ventilators.
The state reported 7,169 new infections — 2,703 from PCR results and 4,466 from rapid antigen tests.
It is the lowest daily case count since December 31, just before the Omicron wave saw an explosion of new infections.
The testing system was under immense strain at the time, and the official count was thought to not represent he real number of cases in the community.
It takes the number of officially reported active infections to 60,917, down from 63,409 on Saturday.
The number of new infections reported each day and the rate of hospitalisations has been trending steadily downwards for the past three weeks.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths reported each week has stayed tragically high, with 41 fatalities recorded in Saturday's update.
How much COVID death are we willing to accept?In the last week alone, the deaths of 184 people with COVID-19 were reported to the health department.
Deaths tend to lag behind new infections by at least a week.
About 43 per cent of the state's adult population has now had a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Just under half of children aged between five and 11 have had their first dose of a vaccine.
Pop-up paediatric vaccine hubs are continuing to run at schools across the state today, with 15 primary schools set up to get children their doses.
