Victoria has recorded the deaths of a further 20 COVID-19 patients.
The number of people in hospital after contracting the virus sits at 441, down from the 465 reported on Monday.
Of the people in hospital, 67 are in intensive care units and 14 are on ventilators.
The state has reported 8,162 new infections. That tally is comprised of 2,034 positive PCR tests and 6,128 positive rapid antigen test notifications.
It takes the number of officially reported active infections to 50,967, down from 53,707 on Monday.
The government said 10,105 students and staff at Victorian schools had tested positive over the past seven days, but added that no schools had been forced to close as a result of COVID-19 infections or staff shortages.
About 51 per cent of the state's adult population has now had a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Meanwhile, the Victorian opposition has accused the government of failing to do enough to encourage parents to vaccinate their children.
Health department figures released yesterday show 52.6 per cent of children aged 5-11 have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The government had expected 80 per cent of Victoria's primary school-aged children to have had their first dose by mid-February.
That expectation was voiced by Deputy Premier James Merlino in a meeting with Health Minister Martin Foley on January 24.
However, Shadow Health Minister, Georgie Crozier said the government had fallen well short of that target.
"The government promised that children would be vaccinated but it's clear that parents are not taking up that offer," she said.
"The government needs to educate and inform Victorians and allow them to make those decisions."
Mr Foley said the government had been working with families, schools, primary care providers and communities to encourage more children to get vaccinated and counter slowing vaccination rates.
He also said more restrictions, such as limits on elective surgery, might be eased this week as COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths continued to fall.
"We've always indicated, whether it be for elective surgery or these pandemic measures, that these issues are under constant review," he said.
"We indicated last Friday that should the figures continue to trend down and plateau … that we'd review all of these arrangements and have more to say this week.
"That's looking like it's on schedule."
Government reveals pandemic oversight panel
Mr Foley has appointed a panel of experts to oversee the state's future pandemic response.
The panel was appointed in the wake of the government's controversial pandemic bill, which was passed by parliament late last year.
Victoria's Ombudsman, Deborah Glass, said in November that she feared the proposed oversight committee could lack independence.
Mr Foley has revealed the 12 people who will make up that panel, which will be known as the Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee [IPMAC].
They include former Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Helen Szoke, Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Committee Vivienne Nguyen, and infectious diseases expert Joseph Doyle.
The committee can provide advice and make recommendations to the minister, and its reports must be tabled in parliament within four sitting days.
