Victoria has recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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It is the fifth day in a row where the daily figures have landed between 200 and 300 cases.
In terms of deaths, there have now been 67 people lose their lives throughout this week alone.
Further details about today's numbers will be released later today.
As of Wednesday, Ballarat was following a promising trend in the battle against COVID-19.
There were 22 active cases in the City of Ballarat, down from 24 on Tuesday and 28 on Monday.
However, Ballarat Health Services says there have been cases of community transmission in Ballarat, where the source of the infection could not be traced.
There is currently one person being treated in hospital in Ballarat, in a stable condition.
"Given that there is evidence in Ballarat of COVID-19 contracted from an unknown source it remains critically important that anyone with even the slightest of symptoms self-isolates at home, leaving only to be tested for COVID-19," said a BHS spokesperson.
In shires surrounding Ballarat, there are mixed results.
In Moorabool Shire there are now six active cases, two more than yesterday. However, this number had been as high as 12 last week.
In Golden Plains there are still three active cases.
Both Pyrenees and Hepburn remain without an active case, having each had two in total.
The latest update comes after Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton yesterday expressed his hope for a day without a single new outbreak, in the wake of a growing list of encouraging COVID-19 trends.
Mr Sutton said only four new outbreaks had been detected in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, fuelling hopes that the worst is over for the nation's most- affected state.
"That is the smallest number (of outbreaks) we've seen in for many, many weeks," he said on Wednesday.
"So trending in the right direction but I would like to see a day of zero new outbreaks and very little community transmission."
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Professor Sutton was also pleased with the stabilisation of active cases in aged care facilities as well as ICU and ventilator numbers.
The aged care royal commission castigated the federal government last week for not having a plan to protect the elderly in nursing homes.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison again deflected responsibility for the crisis to the state government, but Mr Andrews would not be drawn on his comments.
Melbourne is in the third week of a strict level-four lockdown, while the rest of Victoria is under level-three restrictions.
Both are due to end on September 13.
The health department has also removed a little-known stage four guideline that made it illegal for people to drive to parks within 5km of their home for exercise following public outcry on social media.
Meanwhile, local council elections in Victoria will proceed on October 24 as planned after Mr Sutton concluded the timing would represent a "substantially lower" COVID-19 risk than at present.
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