Dan Andrews vows to lock NSW residents out of Victoria as long as Sydney’s outbreak has hundreds of cases a day EVEN at 80 per cent vaccination

Premier Dan Andrews has warned he won't open the Victorian border until NSW beats its Covid outbreak, even if 80 per cent of its population is vaccinated.

NSW recorded 415 cases of Covid-19 and four deaths overnight, just 24 hours after a record 466 cases and four more deaths on Saturday.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has flagged the start of a return to normality in the state when vaccination rates hit 70-80 per cent.

As of Sunday, 26.54 per cent of the population over 16 is fully vaccinated and it's expected to take another 88 days to reach 80 per cent at the current rate.

Premier Dan Andrews has warned New South Wales he won't be opening the Victorian border to even double-jabbed Sydneysiders until NSW case numbers fall.

But Mr Andrews said that alone would not be enough for him to allow visitors from NSW into Victoria if case numbers remain high.

'They'll be locked out of here. They won't be getting in here,' he said.

'If you open at 80 per cent with thousands of cases, you're going to have more people in hospital than if you open at 80 percent - as I hope to - with hopefully a very small number of cases. 

'There are agreed steps. Once you get to 70 per cent... once you get to 80 per cent. That's that national plan. Everyone is signed up to that national plan.'

NSW recorded 415 cases of Covid-19 and four deaths overnight, just 24 hours after a record 466 cases and four more deaths on Saturday. Seen here are Sydneysiders at Bondi on Sunday

Mr Andrews said he was sick of going back and forth on the topic, as in National Cabinet the NSW premier was in agreement with everyone.    

'People go out and do press conferences and say things and maybe lead people to believe they're walking away from the plan when in fact they're not,' he said.

'I don't know why we keep doing this dance.

Premier Dan Andrews has vowed to keep even double-vaccinated Sydneysiders out of victoria until the state's case numbers fall dramatically. Seen here are police enforcing NSW-Victoria border controls at Mallacoota

'I hope I've never said anything that gives anybody an impression that I'm going to go it alone. I'm not.'

Mr Andrews clarified, as did Ms Berejiklian at her own press conference, that NSW's plan was to ease the lockdown in September, but not remove it entirely.

That would come after at least 70 per cent were vaccinated. Where the two differ, however, is whether cases also need to be low for lockdown to end at that point. 

On Saturday it was announced that the whole of NSW, including regional areas, will be plunged into a seven-day lockdown at 5pm as case numbers spiral out of control.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has flagged the start of a return to normality in the state when vaccination rates hit 70-80 per cent

Victoria is in the midst of its sixth lockdown which looks like it will be extended on Thursday after the state recorded new 25 cases on Sunday.   

Mr Andrews said he wanted to avoid months of lockdown like New South Wales and encouraged residents to get the jab and reach the 80 per cent vaccination target.

'What I'm trying to achieve is that we can be open for some of the time between now and getting to 80 per cent, not locked down like NSW are going to be for months and months,' he said.

'I know it's very difficult, I know it's hard, I know no one's enjoying this. But we can't pretend this is over because we desperately want it to be.'