Another 116 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Victoria.
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Fifteen more have died from the virus since Sunday.
Monday's figures are a drop from Saturday and Sunday's reported new cases.
It is the lowest number of new Victorian cases reported in a day since early July.
On Sunday the state reported 208 new COVID-19 cases, and 17 deaths.
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It comes as Victoria's chief health officer defiantly declared he won't let the state's hard-fought COVID-19 gains slip.
On Sunday, Brett Sutton said although the daily case numbers were "jumping around", he expects they are on a downward trajectory.
"We're not going to see 300 and 400 (cases) again in Victoria under my watch, at least," he told reporters.
"We're applying a strategy that is driving cases down."
