There are no active coronavirus cases in the Ararat Rural City Council.
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The number of active cases in regional Victoria also dropped to a total of 20. Almost half of those are in the Colac shire, which only has about 21,500 residents.
Statewide, the number of active cases has fallen to 620, down from 657 yesterday.
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The 14-day rolling average number of new cases is still 1.6.
In total, Victoria has recorded 28 new cases of coronavirus since yesterday, with the total number of cases now at 20,076.
The overall total has increased by 25 due to three cases being reclassified.
Within Victoria, 24 of the new cases are linked to outbreaks or complex cases and four are under investigation.
All of today's 24 cases linked to outbreaks relate to aged care facilities, including residents, staff or close contacts.
There have been three new deaths from COVID-19 reported since yesterday. One woman in her 70s, one woman in her 90s and one woman in her 100s. Two deaths occurred prior to yesterday.
All of today's three deaths is linked to a known outbreak in an aged care facility. To date, 766 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.
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