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A COVID-positive teenage girl with other health conditions has become the youngest Victorian to die during the current outbreak.
Victoria's COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar on Saturday confirmed a 15-year-old girl had died while infected with the virus.
She was among seven deaths reported over the past 24 hours, with the others involving three men and two women aged in their 50s to 80s.
Their deaths takes the toll from the current COVID-19 outbreak to 138.
'That is a sad and tragic case, we won't be making more comments on her. But we will send our best wishes to her family and the family of all those who have lost their lives with COVID, particularly in the last 24 hours,' Mr Weimar told reporters.
Victoria reported a further 1993 locally acquired infections on Saturday, as its active cases jumped to 21,600.
Almost 80,000 virus tests were conducted on Friday, while more than 40,000 vaccine doses were administered at state-run hubs as the state closes in on its 70 per cent full vaccination target.
Mr Weimar said 88.5 per cent of Victoria's over-16 population have now had one
