Victoria has recorded 183 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state pushes to get vaccination rates ahead of a rapidly growing outbreak.

Of the new infections, 101 have been so far linked to known cases.

The state has stopped providing detail on how many people were in the community while infectious as contact tracers deal with hundreds of new cases.

It brings the total number of active cases in the state to 1,417.

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