Wednesday was supposed to mark further easing of restrictions across the state but health authorities have backpedaled in the wake of escalating outbreaks in multiple states and territories.

Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said restrictions would not be increased, as is being seen in other states, but will remain in place for the next week of the school holidays.

"It is clear that as a nation, things are extremely delicately poised at the moment," Minister Foley said.

"We are seeing situations right around the country, where 12 million of our fellow Australians are under a form of severe lockdown.

"So, based on the assessment from our public health officials, the arrangements that we currently have in place will continue to be in place across the board."

New South Wales has recorded 22 new cases of locally transmitted COVID, 11 of which were in isolation; Queensland has recorded three new local cases of COVID-19; and a South Australian family with a link to an interstate COVID outbreak has fallen ill.

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Victoria's Testing Commander Jeroen Weimar said the restrictions would be reviewed daily.

"We're all keen to return to ease restrictions as much as we safely can; to return crowds to the footy and other things but it'll have to be in line with what we see happening at that point in time," he said.

"Right now, today, this all feels like a very volatile situation. Seven days ago it was a lot simpler."

Victoria's run of days without a local COVID-19 case has ended at three, with a primary close contact testing positive.

The Department of Health reported one locally acquired case on Wednesday following almost 30,000 tests.

It confirmed the case has been isolating throughout their entire infectious period as a primary close contact.

Another infection was detected among a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.

Despite the two new infections, active cases in the state have plummeted from 44 to 34 as all exposure sites linked to Victoria's Kappa and Delta variant outbreaks were removed on Tuesday.

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Victoria has declared locked down parts of Queensland and Western Australia red zones.

Victorian residents can still return home from those areas past the 1am deadline on Wednesday, though must self-isolate at home for 14 days.

As various outbreaks worsen across the nation, Tasmania and South Australia are now the only states without any red or orange zones under Victoria's permit system.

Meanwhile, more than 20,000 Victorians received a COVID-19 jab at state-run hubs in the past 24 hours as the health department seeks clarification on a federal decision to indemnify GPs to administer the AstraZeneca jab to Australians under 60.

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