A third person appears to have died during Melbourne's thunderstorm asthma event earlier this week.
Friends of a 35-year-old man have paid tribute to him on Facebook with one writing he "passed away from an asthma attack" on Monday after paramedics worked to revive him for 50 minutes.
Ambulance Victoria won't confirm the reports because they say an official review is underway.
A spokesman for Ambulance Victoria on Wednesday said the organisation wouldn't confirm details of individual cases but instead would provide information to a review being conducted by the state's Inspector-General for Emergency Management.
Earlier on Wednesday the family of a 20-year-old woman who died during the thunderstorm asthma event said patients should be told if an ambulance is delayed so they can drive to hospital themselves.
Hope Carnevali, 20, died on Monday night while waiting 40 minutes for an ambulance during the unprecedented asthma outbreak.
Another Melbourne resident died after suffering respiratory issues. He's been named as Year 12 student Omar Moujalled in media reports.
A number of other patients remain in intensive care and one person is critical, Health Minister Jill Hennessy told reporters on Wednesday.
Hope's uncle, John Carnevali, told 3AW on Wednesday "we don't blame the paramedics because they do a fantastic job".
"It's just that the system needs to be changed ... to let people know, if they can't get there in a certain time and they think it's pretty bad, drive yourself to hospital if possible."
Ms Hennessy says there'll be a wide-ranging review of the storm and its health impacts with the government hoping to better predict future events.
The review into how Ambulance Victoria and all emergency services responded will be conducted by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management.
It will examine how the community was informed of the unfolding crisis, including Mr Carnevali's suggestion regarding better advice on ambulance response times.
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