Victoria has recorded its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months, with five new COVID-19 infections reported overnight.
Key points:
- Melbourne's 14-day rolling average has dropped to 20.3 from 22.1 yesterday
- The next restrictions step could occur as soon as October 19 if public health advice allows
- Authorities have urged Victorians to keep getting tested for COVID-19 so levels can be accurately monitored
The state has also recorded three further deaths in the past 24 hours.
Melbourne's 14-day daily new case average has dropped to 20.3 from 22.1 overnight.
Regional Victoria's 14-day average remains at 0.6.
The Victorian Government is expected to provide more details on the numbers later today.
Premier Daniel Andrews is scheduled to hold a coronavirus press conference at 10:30am AEST.
It comes as Melbourne moves to the second step of Victoria's roadmap out of lockdown.
All primary school students will resume classroom learning in two weeks' time, permits are no longer required for childcare, and up to five people from two different households can gather outside.
Regional Victoria moved to the third step of the roadmap on September 16.
Future steps of lifting restrictions will now be guided by public health advice and case numbers, without needing to wait for certain dates on the calendar.
Under the changes, the third step in Melbourne could occur as soon as October 19, rather than October 26 as initially planned.
The trigger points of Victoria recording a 14-day new cases average below five and fewer than five cases with an unknown source over two weeks still apply.
In Melbourne, there were 31 "mystery" cases recorded in the latest 14-day reporting period.
Regional Victoria's tally has been sitting at zero for more than one week.
On Sunday, Premier Daniel Andrews urged Victorians to keep getting tested if they had symptoms so that authorities could keep track of any coronavirus infections in the community.
"We are at least a week ahead of schedule but we must wait and see how things unfold over the next three weeks, and then make those decisions and speak about likely timeframes in November," he said.
"This is a strategy that is designed to get us to a COVID-normal Christmas."
More to come.
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