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Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed yesterday was the biggest day of vaccines administered since June 5.
Mr Foley said there were 2,366 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine administered on Monday.
He said that was a more than three-fold increase when compared to the Monday of the previous week.
"Clearly young people have assessed their personal situation in a strong and informed manner and many are determining that there are significant risks in remaining unvaccinated during the Delta outbreak and during lockdown," he said.
"Young people are coming forward to get vaccinated, they are doing it for themselves, they are doing it for their family, they are doing it for their local community, their sporting club, their cultural organisations.
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"They are doing it for their workplaces, and they are doing it because they want to get to a COVID-normal world as rapidly as we possibly can and getting vaccinated."
Mr Foley reinforced the message that the AstraZeneca vaccine was safe.
"I got AstraZeneca. The Chief Medical Officer got AstraZeneca. Jeroen has AstraZeneca. It is safe, it is available, and it is effective. And we all did it," he said.
There are now two people in hospital with coronavirus.
Mr Foley said for the "first time in a long time" there was no one in intensive care.
Earlier
REGIONAL Victoria is once again out of lockdown after no new COVID-19 cases were detected outside Melbourne.
The relaxation of lockdown came in at 11.59pm on Monday.
Victoria recorded 20 new locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to midnight Monday, from 34,892 tests.
All the cases were linked, and five were in quarantine throughout their infectious period.
It brings the total number of active cases in the state to 111.
A total of 22,670 doses of the coronavirus vaccines were administered on Monday.
Restrictions still apply in regional Victoria, including a ban on home visits and compulsory mask-wearing.
More than five million Melburnians continue to live under strict stay-at-home rules until at least 8pm on Thursday, with no word yet on whether the lockdown will ease on time.
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City dwellers trying to flee Melbourne and drive to regional areas will face fines upwards of $5000 as about 200 police are deployed to main and back roads across the state.
Businesses that are open in regional Victoria but closed in Melbourne, such as restaurants and beauty salons, must check the IDs of customers.
The number of exposure sites has grown to more than 220, including a local football match at Shorten Reserve in West Footscray, which dates back to July 31 and is classified as tier one.
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