Five more Victorians have died from coronavirus, with the state recording 357 new cases.
The deaths include women aged in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, and a man in his 80s, Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Saturday afternoon.
Up to 42 Victorians are fighting for life in intensive care units, he said.
The Premier refused to rule out further restrictions but pointed to masks being the current strategy to stop the spread.
“Masks are effectively our stage four,” Mr Andrews said.
“If they are worn by everybody, we may not need to go further.
“We can’t rule out going further with rule changes, but it’s a big game-changer.”
There are now 3995 active cases in the state and of those 313 are healthcare workers.
The deaths take the state toll to 61 and the national figure to 145.
While the number of new cases isn’t as large as the record figure of 484 cases on Wednesday, it represents a reverse of the dip in the weekly average of new daily cases for the first time in more than seven weeks.
That number of cases has risen since June 9.
In the week prior the daily average was just three cases.
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