Victoria has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus and five deaths, with the 14-day rolling case average for Melbourne now below 30.
Australia's death toll has now climbed to 859.
The rolling averages, which underpin the state's lockdown milestones, now sit at 29.4 for metro Melbourne and just 1.1 for regional Victoria.
In early August Victoria's 14-day average had spiked at over 400 new cases.
The 14-day rolling average is the key that will keep unlocking Victorians from social restrictions.
Metropolitan Melbourne has already achieved the trigger point to move into step two, a 14-day average between 30 and 50.
However, despite reaching the milestone, step two isn't scheduled to proceed until September 28.
Metro Melbourne could move to step three when daily average cases across the state number less than five over the previous 14 days.
However, simultaneously, there would need to be less than five cases in the state with an unknown source in the last 14 days.
Today's numbers indicated there are 41 mystery cases in metro Melbourne over the past two weeks, under investigation by health teams.
There are 41 mystery cases in metro Melbourne over the past two weeks, under investigation by health teams.
Premier Daniel Andrews is scheduled to brief media later this morning.
Anticipation over a possible earlier than expected end to lockdown is rising, as the key 14-day rolling averages continue to drop.
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