Victoria records highest-ever daily total with 317 new cases

Victoria has recorded 317 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours.

This is the highest daily total since 10 July, when Victoria recorded 288 cases in one day, and sets a new record for the highest daily total recorded by Victoria territory since the pandemic began.

In the peak of the first wave, on 28 March, the Australia-wide total was 469 cases reported in a single day.