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Victoria's daily coronavirus case number has dropped below 100 for the first time in 55 days.
On Saturday, 94 new infections were recorded and 18 deaths.
The last time the state recorded fewer than 100 cases was 55 days ago on July 5.
#COVID19VicData for 29 August, 2020. There were 94 new cases detected in Victoria yesterday, and we are sad to report 18 lives lost. More information will be available later today via our media release. pic.twitter.com/VqT7Ow6FJW
While the case numbers are heading inthe right direction, the new fatalities bring Victoria to a morbid milestone: more than 500 lives lost in the state due to the virus.
Members of the ADF (Australian Defence Force) assist with Covid testing in Melbourne. Photo / Getty
The state's Department of Health and Human Services announced the latest numbers recorded over the past 24 hours on Twitter on Saturday morning.
The double-digit case number follows 113 cases announced on Friday, continuing a daily infection numbers trend below 150 all week.
The new deaths bring the state's total fatalities to 514.
The state's chief health officer, Brett Sutton, was asked yesterday whether the shrinking case numbers meant Victoria could lift stage-four restrictions after September 13.
Professor Sutton said falling below 100 new cases per day would be positive from a psychological perspective but he could not predict when the orders would be lifted, with thousands of mystery cases still a major concern.
"I don't know; the tail of an epidemic has lots of complexity to it," he said.
