Australia's state of Victoria has recorded 1890 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19.
An ambulance is cleaned at Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne yesterday, as the state's health system struggles with record high cases of Covid-19. Photo: AFP
Five people also died, taking the death toll for the current outbreak to 85.
It brings the total number of active cases in the state to 18,342, with 74,105 Victorians getting tested for the coronavirus yesterday.
State-run sites administered 39,861 doses of the vaccine, with more than 85 percent of Victorians having now received at least one jab of a Covid-19 vaccine and more than 57 percent fully vaccinated.
It comes as health authorities acknowledged reports of some Victorian GPs giving their patients medical exemptions from the Covid-19 vaccine.
"I have heard those reports. There are very specific reasons for exemptions under the CHO directions, and they relate to specific contraindications to the vaccine," deputy health secretary Kate Matson said.
Legitimate reasons for exemptions being granted were rare, Matson said, and granting an unnecessary exemption was considered a breach of public health orders.
"The penalties are well outlined in the CHO directions and in the public health and well-being act."
NSW reports 477 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths
New South Wales has recorded the lowest daily number of locally acquired Covid-19 cases in nearly two months.
The state recorded 477 new Covid-19 infections and six death in the 24 hours to 8.00pm yesterday.
It's the lowest daily number of new Covid-19 cases since NSW recorded 452 on 17 August.
The state now has 90.1 percent of people aged over 16 who have received a first dose Covid-19 vaccine, and 72.8 percent are fully vaccinated.
Of the six people who died, two were in their 50s, one in their 60s, and three in their 70s.
Five were not vaccinated and one had received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
There have been 431 Covid-19-related deaths in NSW since the Delta outbreak began in June and 487 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 794 Covid-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 159 people in intensive care, 76 of whom require ventilation.
-ABC
