Victoria Records Three Deaths, 397 New Virus Cases on August 1

Members of Victoria Police patrol around the Shrine of Remembrance enforcing COVID restrictions on July 31, 2020, in Melbourne. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Victoria has recorded three more deaths from COVID-19, taking the national death toll above 200, as the state considers whether further measures are needed to contain the virus.

Another 397 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Victoria on Saturday, and while it’s a significant drop from Thursday’s peak of 723, the state has now had 116 deaths.