Victoria will give key workers another four weeks to get their third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, after the state's chief health officer extended the deadline.
The state recorded 16 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, along with 9391 new cases, including 6045 from rapid antigen tests and 3346 from PCR tests.
Victoria is managing 55,946 total active cases, while there are 543 patients in hospital with the virus. Of these, 75 are in intensive care and 23 on ventilation.
