Victoria has reported a record 1,890 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths overnight, as exhausted contact tracers allow 16,000 secondary close contacts to leave isolation over the weekend.
Mr Andrews has warned coronavirus will "run rapidly through the unvaccinated" as the state prepares to reopen once 70 per cent of the state are double dosed with a COVID-19 vaccine.
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