Victoria has recorded five new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
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It's the first single-digit increase in more than three months.
Three deaths have been recorded in that time.
It comes after 16 new cases and two deaths were recorded Sunday, with Melbourne's rolling 14-day average dropping to 22.1.
Regional Victoria's rolling 14-day case average is 0.6.
Meanwhile in Melbourne. Premier Daniel Andrews has lifted the 9pm to 5am curfew. The night curfew has been in place for eight weeks since August 2.
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He said lifting the curfew did not mean people could hold private indoor or outdoor gatherings, with those caught doing so liable for a new $5000 fine.
"No one has the right to put everything that Victorians have done at risk by going and potentially spreading the virus, one family to another," Mr Andrews said.
He stressed that informal home visits were too risky with a lack of social-distancing easily spreading the virus.
"Let's not let that happen. We are so close. We're so close to defeating this thing," he said.
From 11:59pm on Sunday about 127,000 workers will be allowed to return to work, close to 30,000 more than originally expected.
