GREATER Bendigo has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases since Thursday.

The area currently has 51 active case, down from 57 the day before.

Case numbers have now fallen by 90 over the past four days in the municipality, according to Department of Health figures.

One of the new cases has been linked to the 3550 postcode, which covers a section of central Bendigo and surrounds.

Another case is in the 3555 postcode, which covers an area stretching south from Golden Square to Big Hill.

The rest appear to be linked to the rural 3550 postcode that surrounds Bendigo.

Elsewhere in the region, Mount Alexander Shire recorded three new cases and the Macedon Ranges Shire recorded one.

The Campaspe Shire recorded two new cases.

No other central Victorian shire recorded new COVID-19 cases, according to the new health department figures.

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VICTORIA has recorded another 1,206 COVID-19 cases and two deaths as tracking shows the omicron may soon replace delta as the dominant variant.

A total of 313 people are currently in hospital, 61 of whom are in intensive care 25 are on ventilators.

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Healthcare workers tested over 66,000 people for the virus on Thursday and jabbed 3,925 more.

Case numbers in Greater Bendigo continued to taper off.

They had fallen to 57 on Thursday after reaching 250 at the height of the delta outbreak months ago.

Meanwhile, one of Australia's top doctor expects more information on omicron variant vaccines within days.

Chief medical officer Paul Kelly revealed there were 37 confirmed cases of omicron in Australia, 27 of which were locally acquired.

Professor Kelly said there were "no definite signals" omicron was more severe than previous variants, but confirmed it was at least as transmissible as delta.

He accepted mutations in the variant posed a "theoretical concern" over vaccine efficacy, predicting investigations would produce preliminary advice "within the next few days".

"There does, however, appear to be anecdotal evidence that reinfection with omicron is occurring," he said.

Omicron is swiftly becoming the dominant COVID-19 variant in Australia, new research suggests.

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