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Government employees are seen entering the Alfred Street Public Housing Complex in North Melbourne on July 17, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Victoria has reported three more deaths and 428 COVID-19 cases, making it the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic.
A man and woman in their 80s and a man in his 70s have died bringing the total coronavirus deaths in the state to 32 and upping the national toll to 116.