Victoria has recorded 15 new cases and two deaths in the state's latest coronavirus figures.
The new deaths have brought the state's death toll to 800.
The numbers are up for the third day in a row with 13 cases reported yesterday and 10 cases reported on Tuesday.
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https://twitter.com/VicGovDHHS/status/1311436897407905795Melbourne's rolling average is down to 15.6 and regional Victoria remains at 0.3.
Premier Daniel Andrews said yesterday's 16.4 average was still too high to "take big steps" in the state's roadmap to recovery however the strategy was "absolutely working".
"We are on track and all things being equal, we will be able to take a significant step in just three weeks' time."
The Victorian Government has launched an urgent intervention at a quarantine hotel, yesterday standing down security guards amid concerns about disease control, according to reports.
Staff were hastily pulled from the floor of the Novotel in Southbank and replaced by police after the government was alerted about concerns over infection control.
The news comes just three days after the Victoria's COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry ended, revealing the state's system caused 768 deaths and more than 18,000 infections.
"This was a program which failed to meet its primary objective — to keep us safe from the virus," counsel assisting the inquiry Ben Ihle said.
Mr Andrews is expected to be grilled over why private security were still being used in quarantine hotels in a press conference later today.
More to come.
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