THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1454, an increase of 14 since yesterday with the two confirmed cases in Wangaratta remaining unchanged.

There were no new deaths reported yesterday and to date, 18 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.

Victoria’s last recorded COVID-19 death was on April 28.

The total number of cases is made up of 770 men and 684 women, with people aged from babies to their early nineties.

There are 153 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Victoria that may have been acquired through community transmission.

Currently eight people are in hospital, including six patients in intensive care, 1322 people have recovered.

Of the total 1454 cases, there have been 1196 in metropolitan Melbourne and 219 in regional Victoria, several cases remain under investigation.

More than 176,500 tests have been completed with many more samples still being processed as part of Victoria’s testing blitz.

The new confirmed cases include 13 new cases of COVID-19 at a Melbourne meat processing facility, taking the total number of cases in this cluster to 62.

The department is working closely with the company, which agreed to close their facility for 14 days as a precaution to ensure all required steps are taken - including thorough contact tracing, identifying all close contacts, widespread testing and precautionary cleaning.

All staff have been tested or are in the process of being tested.

From today the department will begin publicly reporting active cases by local government area to further enhance transparency.