35 New Virus Cases and 7 Deaths in Victoria

Police check permits and ID of drivers at a checkpoint in Little River for traffic coming from Melbourne into Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula in Geelong, Australiaon Aug. 14, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Victoria has recorded 35 new cases and seven deaths, as Melbourne takes its first tentative steps out of lockdown.

The figures, confirmed by the Department of Health and Human Services, bring the state’s death toll from the virus to 730 and the national count to 817.