On Wednesday, India became the second country to reach the grim milestone of 20 million COVID-19 infections, with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen.

The aid package, which will include supporting equipment such as connectors and humidifiers, will be worth more than $41 million.

"The situation in India right now is devastating and shows that the fight against this pandemic is not over - we have a responsibility to help where we can," Acting Premier James Merlino said in a statement.

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The state government said the donation to the Commonwealth medical stockpile will come from a Health Department stock of 4000 ventilators that are in storage.

"Thanks to strong stocks here in Victoria we are able to donate these ventilators to India and provide crucial support to thousands of people in India," Health Minister Martin Foley said.

The donation comes as Victoria health authorities went on alert following a mystery local case in NSW.

There's no indication where the man from Sydney's eastern suburbs picked up the virus.

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On Wednesday night, Victorian health authorities said they would contact people who have travelled from NSW since April 30.

Any Victorian who has visited the NSW exposure sites must have a test, isolate and quarantine for 14 days.

The dates for the exposure sites, listed on the NSW Health website, range from last Friday through to Tuesday.

Victoria has recorded its 69th consecutive day without a locally acquired case of COVID-19 on Thursday. There were two cases in hotel quarantine.

The state's vaccination hubs immunised 8163 people, down slightly from Tuesday's record of 8406.

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