The state recorded 459 positive cases overnight and ten people have died.
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228 Victorians are in hospital and 42 of those are receiving intensive care.
Seven out of the 10 deaths are linked to aged care outbreaks. It brings the total to 71 deaths from the coronavirus.
A man in his 40s was among the Victorians who died overnight.
More details will be released later on Sunday.
42,973 tests were conduced on Saturday - the biggest testing day to date.
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There are no active cases in the Northern Grampians or Ararat.
Updated active cases will be released this afternoon.
More to come.
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