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Victoria records 11 new cases of coronavirus overnight and zero deaths - after Dan Andrews was forced to back down on plans for controversial powers of detention

Victoria has recorded 11 new coronavirus cases and no deaths overnight, after the state government was forced to scrap controversial plans to grant extra powers to public servants.

The embattled state's death toll from the virus stands at 809 while the national figure is 897. 

Thursday's cases bring Melbourne's 14-day case average to 9.7, a slight drop from 9.9 on Wednesday.

Melbourne's number of mystery cases between September 22 and October 5 sits at 14.

Victoria has recorded 11 new coronavirus cases and no deaths overnight. Pictured: Daniel Andrews during Wednesday's morning press conference

Victoria has recorded 11 new coronavirus cases and no deaths overnight. Pictured: Daniel Andrews during Wednesday's morning press conference

The city needs a 14-day average of five cases and no more than five mystery cases during the same period to further ease restrictions on October 19.

But a growing outbreak linked to a Melbourne butcher shop continues to trouble authorities.

Some 31 cases are now linked to the outbreak at the Butcher Club at Chadstone Shopping Centre.

Two people in Kilmore - 60km north of Melbourne - have also tested positive to COVID-19 after a case connected to the outbreak dined at Oddfellows Cafe.

Hundreds of people who visited the cafe between September 30 and October 3 are self-isolating.

The health department wants anyone who visited the cafe during the period to get tested even if they don't have symptoms.

Thursday's cases bring Melbourne 's 14-day case average to 9.7, a slight drop from 9.9 on Wednesday. Pictured: A testing clinic in Kilmore on October 6

Thursday's cases bring Melbourne 's 14-day case average to 9.7, a slight drop from 9.9 on Wednesday. Pictured: A testing clinic in Kilmore on October 6

Premier Daniel Andrews was also forced to back down on his latest controversial COVID-19 legislation which would have granted authorised officers unprecedented powers of detention.

The radical proposal would have allowed officers to lawfully detain any person they believed posed a risk of spreading COVID-19.  

Meanwhile, Mr Andrews has agreed with Prime Minister Scott Morrison that borders should be opened by the end of the year.

But he flagged authorities may request travellers undergo testing before leaving the state.

'You might be able to travel interstate but you might have to take a COVID test first and you might have to wait the 24 hours,' Mr Andrews told reporters on Wednesday.

'Or we might have one of these rapid testing technologies fully proved up with enough stockpiles to be able to do a test and 30 minutes later you are free to fly.

'That won't necessarily stop every single infection but it gives you a higher degree of certainty that a person is in fact safe to travel.'

At present, New South Wales and South Australia remained closed to Victoria with some exceptions for border community residents.

A woman walks along St Kilda Beach amid COVID-19 restrictions as temperatures soared on the long weekend

A woman walks along St Kilda Beach amid COVID-19 restrictions as temperatures soared on the long weekend

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