There has been no confirmation given on whether regional Victoria will see eased restrictions this weekend.

Mr Andrews said the regions were on track to "some" easing but said circumstances could change.

He said there would be limitations and they would be modest.

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Mr Andrews has said some 340,000 vaccines had not arrived in Victoria that should have.

He said Victorians had the right to feel angry about the situation.

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"I signed up to a national plan to vaccinate our nation - not a national plan to vaccinate Sydney," he said.

"That would mean we were closer to 70 per cent, closer to 80 per cent, it would mean we would be closer to ending these lockdowns.

"We've seen hundreds of thousands of vaccines that should have come (to Victoria) going into Sydney into GP practices and into New South Wales.

"I did not sign up and no Victorians signed up to a national plan to vaccinate Sydney."

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Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the state's vaccine capacity will increase by 40,000 vaccines per week.

Mr Andrews said 25 additional cubicles added at the Melbourne Town Hall, the Port Melbourne Town Hall, and at Eagle Stadium.

He said there was 11400 AstraZeneca appointments available over the next seven days.

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"As so many people have said, as logic dictates, don't wait for the jab that may come in a month or two, go and get just protected, go and protect the people you love and indeed play a part in protecting all of us, go online and book one of those 11400 appointments," he said.

"They're just waiting for your name, and six weeks later you can have your second dose and you can be fully double dosed."

Mr Andrews said the state was getting close to the one million mark of Victorians double dosed using the AstraZeneca vaccine.

"This is a race. And the sooner we get to 80 per cent double dose the sooner we can be open and free doing the things that we love and seeing each other," he said.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said there was still a way to go to reaching vaccination targets.

"If you are over 60 years of age and waiting for a vaccine, please don't, please get a vaccine that is available for you right now," he said.

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"If you have concerns about medical conditions, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, if you've had a stroke, if you have got cancer or have recovered from cancer and you are like me and have had asthma, they are reasons to get vaccinated, not reasons to defer your vaccination.

"I can't be clearer than that. They are reasons to rush to get your vaccine rather than rushing to get a place in ICU."

Victoria recorded 246 new coronavirus cases overnight - all were locally acquired cases.

An age breakdown of younger people with the virus include:

Mr Andrews said there were 110 people in hospitals in Victoria with COVID-19.

He said 30 are in the ICU, 14 of those are on a ventilator.

"To give people a clear sense and hopefully remove any doubt this is everybody's business, the age range of those ventilated patients is 17 years of age through to 76 years of age," he said.

"And there are people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s in between. So, anyone can fall ill to this."It comes as NSW recorded eight deaths and 1220 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

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