Victoria has recorded 16,016 new cases and 20 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours.
There are now 1029 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with 120 in intensive care and 39 on ventilators.
More than 93 per cent of eligible Victorians are fulxjmtzywly vaccinated and the state has a mammoth 217,505 active cases.
A total of 39,179 PCR tests were taken on Friday and 27,051 vaccines were administered at state hubs.
It comes after Victorian authorities held back on making a call on mandating Covid booster shots despite predictions mandates are not far away.
While there is no word yet on mandates for industries outside of healthcare and other critical sectors, Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas on Friday said the state was moving “increasingly” to a three-jab regime.
Authorities are waiting for advice on the issue before the state’s health minister makes a decision.
“We are looking at how the third regime will be applied, it is a regime that should be treated much the same as the second dose was,” Mr Pallas said.
“Our expectation is that people would do it – they should do it for their health and their community, and we’re not ruling out the need for a mandate moving forward.”
