Victoria has recorded 246 new coronavirus cases overnight from over 42,000 tests.
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Of the new local cases, 121 are linked to known cases and outbreaks.
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Another 26,955 people received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine taking the state's total to 2,610,567.
Victoria's active coronavirus case tally now sits at 1,619.
There remains just one exposure site in Ballarat, after a positive case attended Australian Catholic University last week.
The Mair Street campus is listed as a tier two site, with people who attended the university on September 1 between 3.30pm and 6pm to isolate until they return a negative test.
The latest cases come as Victoria had its biggest vaccination weekend yet with more than 29,000 vaccinations were administered at state clinics on Saturday.
At a press conference on Sunday, Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria had hit the 60 per cent first-dose target, meaning the state is well on track to hitting the one million jab over the five-week period as had been targeted.
"We are indeed ahead of that a bit and we should meet that target ahead of schedule," Mr Andrews said.
"That is fantastic. We have just got some 343,000 to go, and I am confident we will get there and get there ahead of the five-week mark."
The Premier said no decision had been made on regional Victoria's easing of restrictions.
He said case numbers from the weekend and early next week would help decide when residents could have some freedoms.
"Regional Victorians, we hope to end the lockdown as soon as we can, I haven't got advice to do that yet," he said.
"As you well know, we look at the contemporary data, what occurs this weekend, what occurs this coming week. Hopefully we can make the decision that regional Victoria comes off."
He did say Shepparton may not see eased restrictions at the same time as the rest of the regions.
"I think Shepparton people are in a slightly different position and the people of the Goulburn Valley know that... but they will be catching up quite soon after," Mr Andrews said.
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