This number is made up of 641 men and 695 women, with people aged from babies to their early 90s.
The state reported only one new case on Monday.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said this fluctuation in the number of cases was due to an increase in the number of tests being completed and an increase in the number of travellers returning from overseas on repatriation flights.
“The increases we are seeing are still small and this is encouraging,” he said.
“They prove that our physical distancing measures are working but this is not a time to relax our strong approach as this disease can get away from you very quickly as we have seen in cities overseas.”
Sutton on Monday declared self-isolation and social distancing has “changed the future” of Victoria and averted a nightmare scenario of 36,000 Victorians dying from coronavirus.
Modelling released by Sutton on Monday showed that if coronavirus had spread out of control, more than 58,000 Victorians could have contracted the virus every day, 10,000 patients could have needed intensive care and 7000 could have required ventilators.
Around 650 Victorians would have died every day from the virus and 9200 would have presented to hospitals every day at the peak of the pandemic, according to the modelling.
“[Our measures] have been more successful than we could have even imagined,” Sutton said.
“[The modelling] uses assumptions based on the experience of countries overseas as well as data from Australia to inform what might have occurred had we only had a case isolation and contact processes in place without social distancing measures.
“We saw this modelling and we changed the future two months ago by virtue of what we saw.”
Though the infection rate is showing signs of slowing, Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria would not head down the path of significantly easing restrictions, saying the modelling was not an invitation to wind back the rules but a validation that the strategy was working.
Andrews said restrictions on pubs, restaurants or cafes would not be lifted any time soon as the risk far outweighed the benefits.
“I wouldn’t be as definitive as [saying they would be closed all for 2020], but we closed down large gatherings for a reason – they do nothing but spread the virus,” Andrews said.
“Until we have a vaccine or a more effective treatment, then we’re going to be forced into some tough decisions in the medium term.
“It’s frustrating we can’t give people a date, or a clear series of steps that if we meet certain milestones or targets then we can [ease restrictions] ... there’s no playbook for this.
“We’ve got to make decisions in good times with an abundance of caution.”
When national cabinet meets this morning, it will discuss the prerequisites for relaxing restrictions, which would mean each state and territory would have to undertake an agreed number of tests each day, have enough contact tracers, and have the capacity to lock down a community where there is an outbreak.
