A man in his 80s has died from coronavirus in Victoria, as the state records 20 new cases overnight.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the man's death overnight took the state's coronavirus death toll to 20.
Earlier, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos told ABC Radio Melbourne the reproduction number, or R0 number, in Victoria had risen from below one to 2.5 in the past week.
The R0 number is the number of people a person with coronavirus infects on average.
Ms Mikakos said 2.5 was "unacceptably high" and the R0 figure needed to stay below one.
She said the reproduction rate had increased "very suddenly" after restrictions were eased on June 1.
A rise in community transmission of the virus prompted the State Government to declare six local government areas coronavirus hotspots earlier this week.
More to come.
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