NEW CASES: 9 (up from 1 yesterday)

ACTIVE CASES: 33 (up from 25 yesterday)

Ballarat has recorded nine new cases of COVID in the 24 hours to midnight Wednesday.

It is the highest number of new daily cases since October 25, when ten new cases were detected.

The number of active cases in the LGA has increased to 33, up from 25 on Wednesday.

Six of today's new infections are listed in the 3350 postcode while three are in the 3351 area.

In figures released today, there is also one new case in each of the 3352, 3355 and 3356 postcodes, although they have not been included in the total number of new cases for today.

The Moorabool Shire has picked up seven new cases, taking the total number of active infections to 55.

Five of the new cases are in the 3340 postcode with two in the 3341 and 3312 areas.

The Golden Plains Shire has picked up four new cases while the Hepburn Shire has seen three new cases added.

The Pyrenees Shire has not recorded any new infections.

VICTORIAN COVID UPDATE | Thursday, December 2

NEW CASES: 1,419 (up from 1,179 yesterday)

DEATHS: 10 (up from 6 yesterday)

ACTIVE CASES: 12,278 (up from 11,959 yesterday)

IN HOSPITAL: 288 (down from 299 yesterday)

IN ICU: 41 (down from 43 yesterday)

ON VENTILATOR: 20 (up from 18 yesterday)

Victoria has recorded 1419 new COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths, as the health minister confirms there are still no confirmed Omicron cases in the state.

The health department on Thursday said the state is managing 12,728 active infections.

There are 288 patients in the state's hospitals, 41 of whom are in intensive care and 20 requiring ventilation.

The seven-day hospitalisation average is 293.

Virus testers processed 70,343 results on Wednesday, while 4019 people were vaccinated in state-run hubs.

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

Health Minister Martin Foley told reporters on Thursday there were still no confirmed cases of the new Omicron variant in Victoria.

"It might well be ticking along out there at the moment but there's been no case reported so far," he said.

"I wouldn't be surprised given the arrangements that we've seen in New South Wales and around the globe."

In Ballarat, the COVID cases remain relatively low, although two schools have been impacted this week.

There has been just one new case found on both Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with 25 active cases in the city.

Ballarat Health Services also confirmed there had been just one case come from the exposure at the Ballarat Cup.

Meanwhile, the Victorian government's pandemic legislation is expected to pass parliament on the last scheduled sitting day of the year.

The Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill will return to the upper house on Thursday after changes to it were approved by the lower house on Wednesday evening.

The bill, which gives the premier and health minister the power to declare a pandemic and enforce restrictions, is set to replace the state of emergency that expires on December 15.

Several amendments were made to the bill to secure the support of Transport Matters MP Rod Barton.

Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick, Reason Party MP Fiona Patten and Greens leader Samantha Ratnam will also vote in favour of the legislation after helping the government draft it.

The upper house sat for 21 hours debating the amendments but opposition leader in the upper house David Davis expects the final vote to take only a couple of hours.

"It's not likely there would be a marathon sitting because it's a very confined debate," he told reporters on Wednesday.

Upper house MPs, however, have been told to prepare to sit on Friday and Saturday if required.

The government is also hoping to pass bills to implement the recommendations of royal commissions into Crown casino and the Lawyer X scandal, and another that establishes a body to oversee the state's recycling sector and a new four-bin system.

Parliament will return on February 8 for eight months before the state election, scheduled for November 26.

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