Victoria's second COVID-19 wave has officially ended after a man in his 90s was discharged from hospital on Monday, leaving the state with no active cases for the first time in almost nine months.
Monash Health confirmed the man, who has been treated at Monash Medical Centre for more than three weeks alongside his wife, was discharged on Monday evening.
"It's a wonderful news story, not just for the team looking after them at Monash but for the whole state," Monash Infectious Diseases Physician Rhonda Stuart told radio station 3AW.
The man and his wife - hospitalised since November 1 - were the last two remaining active cases in the state until the woman in her 80s was discharged from hospital on Thursday.
The couple both fell ill with the disease in early October, and have pulled through after serious battle with the virus, Dr Stuart said.
"They both had a stormy course really.. [but] they made it through and did really well," she said.
Monash Health was able to secure an exemption from state authorities to allow the couple's daughter to visit them in hospital during the darker stages of their battle with the virus.
"I think that emotional support makes a difference [to recovery]," Dr Stuart said.
"The wife was discharged last week and the gentleman was discharged last night so they could go home and be together and start living a normal life."
Bringing the pandemic full circle in Victoria, the treating team from Monash Health also treated the state's first confirmed case of the virus.
"We had the last three cases in Victoria, [and] we actually had the very first case in Australia back in January," said Dr Stuart.
She paid tribute to the hard-working medical and hospital staff, but said they weren't assuming this would be the final case of COVID-19 they would ever treat.
"That’d be nice, we’ll be prepared though," she said.
Data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that March 1 was the last time there were no active cases in Victoria.
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Rachael Dexter is a breaking news reporter at The Age.
Craig Butt joined The Age in 2011 and specialises in data-driven journalism.
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