Victoria has recorded 24 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, 18 of whom were in quarantine while infectious.
Contact tracers have linked 20 of the cases to existing clusters in Melbourne's Delta outbreak.
Victoria processed 39,832 test results on Tuesday and delivered 27,173 vaccine doses at state-run sites.
Premier Daniel Andrews made a strong plea for increased testing on Tuesday, warning it was the only way out of Melbourne's current lockdown in the short-term.
Melbourne's lockdown, which will run until September 2, has been tightened further with the cancellation of late-night weekend public transport.
No trains, trams or buses will run between 1:00am and 5:00am on Saturdays and 1:00am and 6:00am on Sundays for the next two weeks.
The announcement of the cancellation, which the government said was the same setting in place during last year's second wave, comes a day after playgrounds were closed and a curfew was put in place.
Clinical epidemiologist Nancy Baxter, who heads the University of Melbourne's School of Population and Global Health, said the state was at a crucial point in the outbreak.
Professor Baxter said bringing community transmission under control in the next 14 days was crucial if Melbourne was to avoid potentially spending months under heavy restrictions.
"What happens in these two weeks is what's going to determine whether we're able to get out of lockdown, or whether we have to stay in restrictions until we vaccinate our way out and that's October/November," she told ABC News Breakfast.
More to come.
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