Victoria has recorded 25 more coronavirus deaths and 282 new cases, the state's health department has announced.
It makes it the state's deadliest day since the pandemic began.
The Premier will provide more details in a press conference at 11:00am.
Victoria's previous highest daily coronavirus death toll was 21, recorded last Wednesday.
But in a sign of hope, today was the second consecutive day where new case numbers were under 300.
Yesterday Victoria recorded 279 new coronavirus cases and 16 deaths, pushing the state's COVID-19 death toll over 300.
Eleven of those 16 deaths were linked to aged care.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday pleaded with Victorians to get tested, saying there was "every chance" even mild symptoms could be coronavirus.
"There's so little flu in the Victorian community this year because of a range of things, not least of which distance, hand hygiene, all of those restrictions and measures we've put in place," he said.
"If you've got symptoms, cold or flu-like symptoms, there's every chance you've got this virus."
Although the daily case numbers continue to fluctuate, the state's seven-day average of new case numbers is going down.
Victoria's state of emergency, which provides the legal framework for the Government to enforce coronavirus restrictions, has been extended until September 13.
Mr Andrews said it was too early to tell whether some restrictions could be eased after the six-week lockdown.
Meanwhile, the inquiry into what went wrong in Victoria's hotel quarantine program will start hearing evidence today, with experts, including epidemiologists, expected to appear first.
In his opening statements to the inquiry last month, senior counsel assisting the inquiry, Tony Neal QC, noted "comments made by the Chief Health Officer [Brett Sutton] to the media have suggested that it may be that every case of COVID-19 in Victoria in recent weeks could be sourced to the hotel quarantine program".
More to come.
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