Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases or deaths for 28 consecutive days.
It means the state has achieved what is widely considered to be the official benchmark for eliminating COVID-19 from the community.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said 9,828 coronavirus tests had been received since yesterday's update.
The last active case in Victoria was cleared and discharged from hospital on Monday.
Victoria entered the last step of its roadmap for reopening at 11:59pm on Sunday, which allowed larger private and public gatherings and made mask-wearing optional outdoors.
In Victoria's original roadmap, the triggers for moving to the "COVID normal" level of restrictions were 28 days without new cases, zero active cases and "no outbreaks of concern" in other states.
However the State Government has made it clear it wants to allow two weeks between each stage, so Victoria is expected to move to "COVID normal summer" in December.
'It's what everybody has hoped for'
The 28-day run of zero cases gives Victoria the "prime opportunity now to say that we don't have local community transmission", Deakin University epidemiologist Catherine Bennett said.
"It's what everybody has hoped for," she told ABC News Breakfast.
But because there is still active virus in other states, and the risk of it being introduced from overseas, the reality is Victoria will need to stay in "prevention mode" going forward.
"Reducing the risk of transmission means even as the virus lands again, or is still here somewhere where we can't see it, then it won't take off — and that's the key," Professor Bennett said.
"We don't want to have big clusters turning into massive widespread community transmission very quickly.
"We need to stay on top of it, and if we do see any cases, we can then get on top of them very quickly before they spread."
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2020-11-26 21:18:00Z
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