Victoria is seeing a 10 per cent rise in in COVID-19 case numbers week-on-week, recording 9426 new infections, as the government pushes vaccinations ahead of winter.
The daily case figure is the state's highest since posting 9908 on February 9 and has resulted in the number of active infections in the state jumping by 1847 to 42,250.
Another eight people have died, taking the state's toll to 2657 since the pandemic began.
