Update, 3.45pm: Coronavirus case numbers have remained relatively unchanged on Thursday.
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There is still one active case in Warrnambool and Corangamite Shire, and no active cases in Moyne Shire, Glenelg Shire, or Southern Grampians Shire.
As announced by the Premier this morning, there are 29 cases in Colac.
The department of Health and Human Services said cases linked to Bulla Dairy Foods had increased to 17 from yesterday's 15.
A Barwon Health spokeswoman said the unlawful gathering in Colac last week that lead to further spread of the virus was understood to have been a barbecue.
There are 11 cases in Geelong, two in Bendigo, zero in Ballarat, six in Moorabool, one in Surf Coast and two in Horsham.
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Regional Victorian daily average drops to 4.5 as death toll exceeds 700
Earlier, 11.30am: The 14-day average has dropped to 4.5 in regional Victoria, a figure Premier Daniel Andrews said may bring regional Victoria to step three of the COVID-19 roadmap.
Metropolitan Melbourne's average is 70.1.
There were 10 less active cases recorded in regional Victoria on Thursday at 72, with one less case in Colac at 29, Geelong 11, Bendigo two and Ballarat zero.
"Communities that were of some concern to us few weeks ago have done a mighty job in getting tested, these numbers are low and a large part of that goes to the effort in regional Victoria," Premier Andrews said.
"That shows us regional Victoria is close to taking not just one step but two.
"We need to make sure we continue that trend going forward.
"It means there's an opportunity quite soon towards a COVID normal for regional Victoria, we'll then have to defend that with testing numbers high, people following the rules and worksafe plans."
Victoria has reported 51 new COVID-19 cases since Wednesday.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Victoria has risen by seven, with 701 people losing their lives from the virus.
The deaths include four men in their 70s, two women and one man in their 80s.
There are 169 Victorians in hospital, with 17 in intensive care and 11 on ventilators.
There have been 14,805 additional COVID-19 tests since yesterday, with 90 per cent being processed in 24 hours.
There are 4306 mystery cases with an unknown source, an increase of 31.
Of the state's 1483 active cases, 251 are healthcare workers, 71 are in regional Victoria - a drop of 10 cases, 16 in disability settings (10 staff, six residents), and 763 in aged care.
4229 shifts have been filled in aged care.
The number follows 76 new cases on Wednesday, 55 new cases on Tuesday, 41 new cases on Monday, 63 new cases on Sunday and 76 new cases on Saturday.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Allen Cheng said on June 1 Melbourne was recording six cases a day, emphasising the need to drive case numbers down further before opening up.
"I'm sure my friends in regional Victoria are holding their breath that nothing comes up in the next week or so. I hope that next step will be some time later this week," he said.
"The modelling is only one piece information we are using to decide on these thresholds. Clearly regional Victoria is looking very good, there are not many unknown source cases.
"Colac is a good example where there has been one case that arrived and resulted in 30 secondary cases, but we know where they are, we think we've got that under control and they didn't have any cases yesterday.
"We will use judgement whether transition and relax some of those restrictions. The five cases is not a hard and fast rule, we need to be looking at this every day.
"New Zealand on April 27 as they stated opening up five cases a day and metropolitan Melbourne on June 1 had six cases a day and had more unknown source cases.
"We need a substantially lower number of cases, but we're getting there. Not long ago we had 700 cases a day."
Workplace Safety Minister Jill Hennessy said WorkSafe had conducted 3302 inquiries to workplaces in high risk industries since June.
She said some employers were found not allowing workers to work from home, missing PPE, and failing social distancing in the workplace.
"In some circumstances there's been inadequate hygiene controls, lack of health screening and no procedures to deal with positive tests," Minister Hennessey said.
"Things like transport company where reusable gloves are being used but not laundered properly, and construction companies where admin staff could be doing work from home.
"There have been 297 work cover claims - under half were not people who tested positive to COVID-19 but mental health, and other issues associated working in this environment."
"Every claim has been accepted."
She said there were five investigations underway at workplaces.
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