Victoria recorded 73 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to midnight on Sunday.
Fifty-two infections were linked to previously announced cases, while the source of the 21 others remains under investigation.
Only 24 of the new cases have so far been confirmed to have been in isolation for their entire infectious period.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced an extension to Victoria's lockdown on Sunday after the state reported 92 new locally acquired cases.
He said an announcement on the length of the extension will be made in the coming days.
Health Minister Martin Foley said on Monday it was hoped the state's outbreak was beginning to plateau.
He also said there would not be a roadmap out of restrictions this time like during Victoria's deadly second wave last year. Instead, the plan is the one agreed by national cabinet to rely on vaccination rates.
"In regards to specific timetables and in regards to specific measures, the public health team are working on those," he told reporters in Melbourne.
"But in terms of timeframes ... the strategy is the national cabinet agreed position, that when we get to 70 per cent, when we get to 80 per cent vaccination rates, our options multiply.
"If we do that, from the lowest possible infection levels, then our options grow."
The new cases announced on Monday mean there are now 805 active infections of COVID-19 in Victoria.
More than 26,700 vaccine doses were administered at state-run hubs and 41,395 test results were received on Sunday.
Victoria's exposure site list now stands at more than 930.
Monday is the first day that GPs and pharmacies can administer Pfizer to people aged 16 to 39, and Mr Foley encouraged people to book through those avenues if they could not get a state clinic booking.
The virus is continuing to appear in regional areas, with one case announced on Sunday in the Gippsland town of Traralgon, in a person who had been to a funeral in Melbourne.
The outbreak in Shepparton also continues to grow, with nine cases reported on Monday linked to that cluster.
In Melbourne, the city's west and north remain areas of concern and authorities have repeatedly had to remind people to get tested as soon as they recognise symptoms, as some people wait up to two weeks to get swabbed.
With AAP.
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