Victoria has recorded 7169 new Covid-19 infections and six deaths after seeing its deadliest day on Saturday.
The state has seen a steady decline in Covid infections ixjmtzywn recent weeks, with authorities now believing the state has passed its peak in the current Omicron outbreak.
Six people died with the virus overnight after the state recorded its highest death toll since September 2020 on Saturday with 41 lives lost.
There are now 652 people in hospital with the virus, with 73 in ICU and 28 on ventilators.
Victoria recorded 7810 cases on Saturday – a drop after 11,240 cases and 752 hospitalisations were recorded on Friday.
Victoria reversed its ban on non-urgent elective surgeries with some private and day procedure centres to resume at half capacity from next week.
From February 7 Victorian authorities will allow private hospitals and day procedure centres to recommence surgery to up to 50 per cent of their normal practice levels.
It comes after the government banned all non trauma or category one surgeries amid the spread of Omicron.
If numbers continue to fall, authorities will look at continuing further elective surgeries in the state systems in the weeks ahead, with a goal to initially operate at 75 per cent capacity in regional areas and 50 per cent in the metropolitan public health system.
