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The data marks a daily cases breakthrough for Melbourne.
Victoria said 42 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours
Police in Victoria arrested 74 people and fined 176 for breaching public health orders.
Meanwhile police arrested 74 people and fined 176 for breaching public health orders as scattered protests continued in Melbourne.
Total pandemic deaths in the state crossed 700 on Thursday.
Daily infections are back up from the day before.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called the Victoria lockdown extension "hard and crushing news".
“We cannot open up at this time. If we were to we would lose control very quickly,” Premier Dan Andrews said.
"In the absence of a vaccine, we may have to live this way for years," the PM said Friday.