CORONAVIRUS infections have risen into triple figures again after consecutive daily increases that have been as low as 70.
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Victoria recorded 113 cases of COVID-19 overnight, new Department of Health and Human Services data shows.
Fifteen people died, up from six on Wednesday.
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It is a slight increase on the previous daily increases.
On Wednesday, the state reported 90 new cases and six deaths.
Before that, there were 73 and 70 cases reported on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
More detail is expected on today's figures later this morning.
Greater Bendigo recorded one new COVID-19 diagnosis yesterday.
Active infection numbers remained the same at eight, suggesting someone has recovered or that health authorities have reclassified a case.
Numbers remained steady in much of the wider region.
Active case numbers dropped from seven to five in the Macedon Ranges Shire and there is now no-one with the virus in the Central Goldfields.
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Falling case numbers came as new figures laid out the employment crisis many Bendigo residents face.
Young women have borne the brunt of central Victoria's economic fallout, the data showed.
Yet the figures only tell part of the story and neglect underemployment, youth representatives say.
Prime minister Scott Morrison yesterday said Australia's economy was officially in recession.
It is the first since one that then-treasurer Paul Keating described as "the recession we had to have", 30 years ago.
