Greater Bendigo has seen 242 new COVID-19 cases since Friday - less than the the 266 recorded on Friday.
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The new number takes the municipality's active cases to 1637.
Macedon Ranges Shire was the only other central Victoria area to recorded more than 100 new cases with 104 infections found.
Campaspe and Mount Alexander shires had 64 and 30 new cases respectively while Gannawarra (19) and Central Goldfields (16) also reach double figures.
New infections were also recorded in Loddon (8) and Buloke (6) shires.
Victoria's daily COVID cases just shy of 12,000
Victoria has seen 11,925 new coronavirus cases recorded since Friday.
The new infections take the state's active case tally to 76,891.
Cases recorded by the Department of Health on Saturday morning included 8854 rapid-antigen test reports and 3071 positive PCR tests.
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Sadly, 21 people have died since Friday of Covid-related complications.
There are also 552 people hospitalised with the virus including 25 in ICU and seven on ventilators.
Vaccinations have seen 67.1 per cent of people over 16 who are eligible receive three doses.
State-run sites administered 1715 jabs on Friday.
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