In uplifting news, no further deaths have been reported.

Melbourne's 14-day average has dropped to 9.4, while the 14-day average in regional Victoria remains 0.4.

As of Friday morning, there were no reported coronavirus cases in the region.

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On Thursday, Premier Daniel Andrews said there was a chance restrictions could be further eases in regional Victoria without having to wait for Melbourne to stabilise.

"We had originally forecast to try and keep Melbourne and regional Victoria as closely aligned as possible, because that then means you can get rid of that border and you can have more freedom of movement," Mr Andrews told regional media.

"We certainly don't rule out in fact we are actively looking at whether there might be other options for regional Victoria to push further ahead of Melbourne."

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