One case of coronavirus has been removed from the Northern Grampians local government area.

There is now one reported active case in that region, and four total cases, including recovered. Yesterday there were five total cases - including recovered - reported for the Northern Grampians.

West Wimmera has recorded a new active coronavirus case, taking the total in the local government area to two.

There has been no change for Horsham since yesterday, which still has six active cases.

No active cases have been reported for the Yarriambiack or Hindmarsh shires.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Victoria experienced its darkest day of the pandemic today, with a record number of cases and deaths.

725 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, eclipsing the previous daily record of 723 reported last Thursday.

Sadly, there were also 15 deaths confirmed, including a man in his 30s. Three men and one woman in their 70s, three men and three women in their 80s and three men and one woman in their 90s also died because of the virus.

Twelve of those new deaths are linked to aged care, while the total death toll now sits at 162.

There are now 7227 active cases statewide. 1435 of those cases are linked to aged care settings.

538 Victorians are in hospital, with 42 in intensive care.

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