Victoria has recorded 797 new COVID cases and eight deaths in the 24 hours to midnight.
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The state's population aged over 12 years is 87 per cent fully vaccinated, while 7191 vaccine doses were administered at state run clinics yesterday.
In total 4,778,974 doses have been administered at state-run clinics.
There are 394 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 72 active in ICU, 61 cleared in ICU and 44 ventilated.
There were 53,527 tests conducted in the past 24 hours which is up on the previous day's total of 48,104.
There are 14,131 active cases of COVID-19 across Victoria.
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Meanwhile, the Victorian government has made several changes to its pandemic legislation to address legal and human rights concerns, ahead of debate in state parliament's upper house.
AAP has confirmed the government has made seven amendments to the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 following negotiations with key crossbench MPs.
The bill, which gives the premier and health minister the power to declare a pandemic and make public health orders, had been criticised for being too broad and lacking in parliamentary oversight.
- with Australian Associated Press