Victoria records 278 new coronavirus infections while death toll rises by 8

Victorian authorities have warned that deaths will continue to rise given the number of people in hospital with the virus.

People exercise at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. Source: AAP Image/Michael Dodge

Victoria has recorded 278 new coronavirus infections and eight more deaths, just one day after the state was struck by its highest 24-hour death toll to date.

On Wednesday Victoria recorded 21 coronavirus deaths - the state's deadliest day of the pandemic - and 410 new infections.

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