Victoria recorded 114 new coronavirus infections and 11 lives lost over the past 24 hours as of Sunday morning.

Today’s case figures follow a record-low reported on Saturday, marking the first day the state reported less than 100 cases since early July.

The downward trend over the last days exhibits promising signs that the state is past the second wave peak with an expected consistent drop to double-digit numbers paving the way for the roadmap out of stage 4 lockdown.

But Premier Daniel Andrews has warned against complacency, and reiterated the path to easing restrictions will be gradual and based on “science and data and evidence”.

“We still have to see further days of these numbers dipping, and we want them to come down to a very low number, the lowest number we can get them to.

“That will mean we can have much greater confidence that we can stay on top of this and open up,” Mr Andrews said on Saturday.

Current stage 4 restrictions are due to expire on 13 September, but health officials have indicated measures including mask-wearing are expected to stand for months.

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The state government is pushing to extend the state of emergency for another six months, with Victoria being the only state in the country bound by a maximum term of state of emergency powers in place.

But the proposal has been met with resistance, with Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien asking for a month-to-month parliamentary decision to determine whether the exceptional powers are justified.

Meanwhile, Victoria’s 11 new deaths bring the number of casualties from COVID-19 in the state to 524, with the national death toll amounting to 611.

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At least 96 Greek Melburnians have succumbed to the deadly virus , with aged care clusters continuing to be in the epicentre of the crisis.

As of latest known figures, St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner account for 38 deaths, while the Grace of Mary Greek Cypriot Nursing home at Epping was the Melburnian aged care facility hit with 8 deaths recorded on Friday.