Victoria recorded 250 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and the death of a woman in her 90s as the state’s outbreak continues to mushroom despite lockdown.

Overall, the number of deaths in Victoria have been 27.

There are currently 1,931 active cases in the state. Of these, 105 Victorians in hospital, up 20 people from the day before with 27 of these being in intensive care.

Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews said that testing is continuing at a rapid pace with 27,040 tests conducted yesterday. The testing blitz in Victoria has seen 1.2 million tests conducted since 1 January and the state has “one of the highest (testing rates) in the world”.

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The premier said most people are obeying stage three restrictions, however warned that these could tighten especially bearing in mind that “hospitalisation numbers are of great concern” to the government at the moment.

“We will have to move to additional restrictions being put in place and we will have to prolong the period that the restrictions were put in place,” he said.

Victoria’s Chief Health officer Professor Brett Sutton warned that there will be more deaths. “When we have 238 cases every day we are looking at 2-3 deaths in a week’s times, so we have to have these numbers decrease,” he said, adding that the numbers appear to be stabilising but there are “no guarantees” regarding the future and whether these numbers will drop off.

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Victoria’s Deputy Police Commissioner Rick Nugent referred to checkpoints police have put in place around the city’s lockdown areas, and said the police had inspected more than 85,000 vehicles since last Wednesday. There have been 151 fines issued to people who had not complied to restrictions, mainly for visiting family and friends for overnight stays. Another 351 fines were issued to people in breach of other restrictions such as holding parties or not leaving restaurants when asked to.

The police have received all sorts of excuses for people leaving homes. The deputy police commissioner stressed that this should be for only four reasons and “does not include playing Pokemon”. Around 40 infringement notices were handed to people visiting massage parlours. Police are also concerned that people are holding parties.

“We are finding people in cupboards, we are finding people in garages. Please stop,” he said.