Twelve Victorians are being treated in hospital, including 11 patients in intensive care.
Victoria will not be following NSW in easing some restrictions on Friday, despite the former having fewer confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths than its northern counterpart.
NSW will allow people to have two visitors into their homes from Friday, but Victoria will keep its limits in place until May 11.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the 100,000 tests for the virus over the next fortnight would give the state “options” in easing restrictions but he indicated those options would not be considered until after the testing had been completed.
“These numbers are stable, these numbers are exactly the sorts of numbers we wanted to see,” he said.
“But it is fragile, and it can change very quickly.”
Andrews urged anyone with symptoms, even if they were mild, to come forward for testing under the state’s largest ever testing expansion.
Victorians with flu-like symptoms should ring the Department of Health hotline: 1800 675 398.
