Victoria has recorded 222 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
Additionally, 17 more people have lost their lives to the virus in the state, taking Victoria's death toll to 334.
Almost two million Victorians have been tested for COVID-19.
LIVE UPDATES: Almost 100 per cent of Victoria's second wave cases traced back to hotel quaratine
It's the lowest number of new cases in a month.
Yesterday an inquiry into Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program has heard that almost all cases of the state's second wave stem from just two hotels.
Genomic testing by the Doherty Institute confirms that 99 per cent of the second wave cases all stem from two Melbourne hotels, an inquiry into the quarantine fiasco heard yesterday.
"Essentially all current cases bar a few are from those transmission networks and that cluster," Professor Ben Howden of the Doherty Institute told the inquiry.
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The inquiry examining the quarantine bungle, being led by former judge Jennifer Coate, is investigating the COVID-19 outbreaks among staff and private security guards at the Rydges on Swanston hotel and Stamford Plaza.
It has already heard evidence of serious flaws in the training given to guards consisting of just a 30-minute training module, which experts say was more suited to raising general public awareness than for someone dealing with the virus.
The inquiry is expected to expose lessons critical for Victoria and the rest of the country to prevent future waves of COVID-19.
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