Victoria has recorded two new coronavirus cases and no further deaths, the state's health department says.
It is the fifth consecutive day the state has recorded single-digit coronavirus case increases, and the fourth consecutive day no deaths with COVID-19 have been reported.
Melbourne's 14-day rolling case average is now 7.5, down from 8.1 yesterday.
Two cases with an unknown source, or "mystery" cases, have also fallen off Melbourne's two-week total overnight, bringing it to 15.
No new mystery cases have been confirmed in regional Victoria, and its rolling average remains at 0.5.
The figures come ahead of Premier Daniel Andrews announcing "significant" changes to the state's coronavirus restrictions.
Changes are expected to be made to some social restrictions, and health officials have said they were considering extending Melbourne's 5 kilometre radius rule.
People in Melbourne have effectively been in lockdown for more than 100 days, since stage three restrictions were re-imposed on July 7.
Residents in 10 suburbs that were declared "hot spots" in late June have been under stay-at-home orders even longer.
However some doctors have raised concerns about whether Victoria's contact tracing system and infection control procedures are up to scratch ahead of the restrictions announcement.
Julian Rait, the Victorian president of the Australian Medical Association, said in a letter to members that "living with the virus will require much better contact tracing".
"We are cautiously optimistic Victoria's new system will be stronger eventually, but is it there yet?" he wrote.
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