Victoria has recorded 13,755 new cases and 15 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours.
There are now 1057 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with 117 in intensive care and 40 on ventilators.
Victoria’s pre-Omicron peak for Covid hospitalisations was 851 in October when the state was battling a surge in Delta infections.
The figure is dwarfed by the 2722 people in NSW who are in hospital with Covid.
More than 93 per cent of eligible Victorians are fully vaccinated and the state has 119,153 active cases.
A total of 6130 PCR tests were taken on Wednesday and 16,979 vaccines were administered at state hubs.
However, Victorian health Minister Martin Foley on Tuesday said there would be a rise in cases once school returned, despite cases being on a downward trend in recent days.
“Once school goes back we expect to see an uptick in cases,” he said.
“We just want to make sure the community is aware and prepared and more importantly, as we come to deal with how we coexist with Covid, that we all understand the different options, should Covid come our way.”
