Update, 4.30pm: Colac-Otway Shire has been cleared of coronavirus, leaving no active cases in south-west or western Victoria.
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The last time Colac was virus-free was July 17.
There remain three active cases of the virus in local government areas under the Third Step of the roadmap, including Mitchell Shire which has two active cases and one in East Gippsland.
There are zero cases in Warrnambool, Moyne, Corangamite, Colac-Otway Shire, Glenelg Shire, Surf Coast Shire, Moorabool, Ballarat, Bendigo, Horsham, Geelong and Southern Grampians Shire.
The positive case reported in Greater Shepparton yesterday has now been removed after follow-up testing and further investigation indicated it is a false positive.
Warrnambool last had a case of coronavirus on September 15.
The last case in Moyne was August 19, Glenelg was August 24, Corangamite was September 10.
Colac's peak last month was on September 11 at 33 cases.
Victoria records 15 new cases and one more death
Earlier, 11am: Victoria has recorded 15 new cases of coronavirus and one more death overnight.
Melbourne's 14-day rolling average is 10.6, while the number of cases with an unknown source remains at 13.
Regional Victoria's 14-day rolling average is 0.3 and cases with an unknown source remains at zero.
807 lives have been lost to the virus.
Of the 216 active cases in Victoria, 27 are healthcare workers, 66 are in aged care and one in disability facility settings.
There are 21 Victorians in hospital, one is in intensive care, and there are none on ventilators.
There have been 2.76 million test results, increase 9286 since yesterday
"To be above 9000 is a good strong number," Premier Daniel Andrews said.
"There's nothing more important than symptomatic Victorians getting tested, it underpins the whole strategy."
There is one additional case in regional Victoria in the state's north-east and three total active cases in regional Victoria.
"Now that we're looking at 30 cases in the south-east it speaks to the volume of the infectivity of this thing, the symptoms can be so mild you can not even register, or not enough to get tested," Mr Andrews said.
"Imagine if Chadstone were open at the moment, imagine how many more cases we would be dealing with.
"If there were not restrictions going into regional Victoria who knows, we wouldn't be talking about 20-30 cases, it would be many many more."
Roads Minister Ben Carroll said learner driver permit testing would be brought online by next year.
The state government will be refunding 80,000 postponed appointments and will waive the $19 application fee until they deal with the backlog up until April.
$27 million will be spent on "tripling" the capacity of licence testing intake, $9 million will be spent for an online system for test to be done at home, but applicants will still need to go to their local VicRoads office for an eye test and photo.
Testing sites will be doubled in metropolitan areas and 180 additional testing staff will be employed.
Licence testing was returned to regional Victoria 10 days ago.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said he wasn't pleased to see a double figure increase.
They are predominately linked to known cases and outbreaks, including the Chadstone outbreak, which now has 28 cases linked to The Butcher Club.
He said while the average family size in Australia is about 2.5 people, the average family size for the 20,000 COVID-19 cases in Victoria's second wave has been between 6-10 people.
He said there might be additional obligations from regional businesses to ensure they are not serving anyone from metropolitan Melbourne.
"We don't want huge administrative burdens for hospitality but it is an area to explore," he said.
"The obligation is of people from metropolitan Melbourne to not attend regional outlets."
'Even a few poor choices can make a big difference': Premier
Mr Andrews implored every Victorian to do the right thing to get the state out of restrictions.
"We all have to make the choices to get the place open, not the choice you think won't make a difference but it does," he said.
"Even a few poor choices can make a big difference.
"I would appeal to people it might seem a small thing, you might desperately want this to be over but it can't be.
"If you break the rules it can have significant consequences.
If we don't see this off properly it will be with us much longer and we will be closed much longer, and I don't want that.
- Premier Daniel Andrews
"Even seemingly innocent breaches can have really significant consequences for the number of people infected, the way the virus spreads and whether we can open safely in a couple of weeks.
"You just can't go to work if you're sick, if you've got a test you have to wait for your result, you have to wear a mask, wash your hands, it's all critically important, it's not just about you it's about everyone.
"That's not to detract from the fact 90 per cent if not more are doing the right thing.
"Victorians have done an amazing job we just have to finish this off."
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