Victoria has recorded 279 new cases of coronavirus as the numbers across the state continue to stabilise under stage four restrictions.
The Department of Health and Human Services made the update on Sunday after revealing there had been a “slight delay” in processing tests overnight.
A further 16 people died in the 24 hours to Sunday.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the fatalities included: one woman and two men aged in their 70s, two women and four men aged in their 80s, and four women and three men aged in their 90s.
Eleven of the 16 deaths are linked to aged care outbreaks.
At least 662 Victorians are in hospital with the virus, 40 of whom are receiving intensive care and 29 are on a ventilator.
There are 7671 active coronavirus cases across the state. However the number of cases with an unknown source has risen by 75 since Saturday’s update to 3478 “mystery” cases.
A further 21,566 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.
Mr Andrews sent his well-wishes to the 1164 health workers who have contracted the virus.
Speaking on outbreaks at aged care facilities, Mr Andrews said there were now about 2075 active cases in aged care.
“There are 451 in regional cases in stage three,” he said.
“The number of cases that are unknown is around 185.”
Mr Andrews said although cases in regional Victoria were stabilising, people in Geelong, Bendigo, and Ballarat should come forward to get tested if they had symptoms.
“We have 158 active cases in Geelong, 49 active cases in greater Bendigo, and 27 active cases in Ballarat,” he said.
“We have added extra staff, some of the opening hours have changed also to make it a little bit easier for people to come forward and get tested.
“That is the really important part of us keeping the numbers in regional Victoria, which are low, we want to keep them low and drive them down even further.”
Australia recorded a total of 23,035 confirmed coronavirus cases and 379 deaths as of Saturday.
Victorian chief medical officer Professor Brett Sutton on Saturday said it appeared there had been a “stabilisation” of the state’s numbers.
However, he did warn that some people were still going out after they developed symptoms.
New figures also show Australia has 14.9 deaths per million people, 4.6 in New Zealand, 508.9 in the US, and 689.3 in the United Kingdom.
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