NEW CASES: 1 (no change since yesterday)

ACTIVE CASES: 25 (no change since yesterday)

Ballarat has recorded one new cases of COVID in the 24 hours to midnight Tuesday, however the number of active cases in the city remains stable at 25.

The two new cases have been listed in the 3350 and 3351 postcodes.

The Moorabool Shire has recorded six new cases, four in the 3340 postcode and two in the 3342 area.

Three new cases have been recorded in the Golden Plains while the Pyrenees and Hepburn Shires have not recorded any new cases.

VICTORIAN COVID UPDATE | Wednesday, December 1

NEW CASES: 1,179 (up from 918 yesterday)

DEATHS: 6 (the same as yesterday)

ACTIVE CASES: 11,959 (up from 11,417 yesterday)

IN HOSPITAL: 299 (down from 305 yesterday)

IN ICU: 43 (up from 41 yesterday)

ON VENTILATOR: 18 (down from 19 yesterday)

Victoria has recorded 1179 fresh COVID-19 infections and six deaths, as a tributes flow for a Melbourne nurse who died from the virus while being treated in hospital.

The health department confirmed on Wednesday the state is now managing 11,959 active infections.

There are 299 COVID patients in the state's hospitals, 43 of them are actively infected with the virus in intensive care and 18 requiring ventilation.

The seven-day hospitalisation average is 296.

Virus testers processed 74,252 results on Tuesday, while 4045 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in state-run hubs.

About 91 per cent of Victorians aged over 12 are fully vaccinated.

In Ballarat, there are now 25 active cases in the city, which has been slightly climbing in the past week.

There was just one case confirmed yesterday, although today's figures are yet to be released.

The alert of a COVID case at the Ballarat Cup on November 20 remains in place.

Meanwhile, a Melbourne nurse who died after contracting COVID-19 is believed to be the first Victorian hospital worker to be killed by the virus.

Gillian "Jill" Dempsey died while in intensive care at Box Hill Hospital on Sunday afternoon, her employer Eastern Health said in a statement.

Ms Dempsey began working for the hospital in 2007 and was a "beloved night shift nurse in the Angliss Hospital Emergency Department".

"An incredibly caring wife and mother, Jill is survived by husband Michael and their three children," Eastern Health said.

"Her loss will reverberate around the tight-knit team at the Angliss Hospital and our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues at this time."

Ms Dempsey's union, the Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, told the ABC she was the first hospital worker in the state to die from COVID-19.

The ANMF believes she contracted the virus while at work.

"This is something we feared and a sobering reminder that nurses, midwives and all healthcare workers are on the pandemic frontline," the union said in a separate statement.

"We acknowledge their bravery and courage. This is a reminder of how vulnerable they are."

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine also expressed its condolences, with Victorian faculty Chair Mya Cubitt saying the pandemic had been "a terrible period for emergency healthcare workers and Gillian's death is hitting us all hard".

Ms Dempsey's nursing colleagues were in shock over her death, she said.

An online fundraising effort set up to support her family by paying for funeral costs and other financial stress has raised more than $25,000 in less than 24 hours.

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