There are now 58 active coronavirus cases in Greater Bendigo after it recorded a further eight coronavirus cases since Saturday.

The Macedon Ranges Shire saw six new cases while Mount Alexander saw one more case recorded.

The Victorian government is now reporting 94.2 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 92.0 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.

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There are no new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Victoria but there are now three in total.

One of the positive cases is a returned traveller who was previously identified with the Omicron variant while in Hotel Quarantine. The other two cases sat together in the same row on a flight that landed in Melbourne from Dubai on November 30.

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Victoria has seen another 1069 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday.

The state now has 11,393 active cases.

ON Saturday, the Department of Health recorded that 310 people were in hospital due to the virus include 74 in ICU and 37 on a ventilator.

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Saturday also saw 67,312 COVID-19 test results returned to Victorians and 2357 vaccinations administered.

Greater Bendigo recorded new 10 cases on Saturday taking the city's active cases to 56.

Other central Victorian councils that recorded new cases included Macedon Ranges (4), Mount Alexander (3), Campaspe (1).

As of Saturday, authorities were responding to three existing Omicron infections.

"One of the positive cases is a returned traveller who was previously identified with the Omicron variant while in hotel quarantine," the health department said.

"The other two positive Omicron cases sat together in the same row on a flight that landed in Melbourne from Dubai on 30 November.

"A third person who also sat in the same row has tested positive for COVID-19 and genomic sequencing is under way to confirm the variant."

Testing was also being conducted in relation to four other passengers on the same flight and three household contacts.

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