The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed one active coronavirus case in Moyne Shire

By Sunday new manager Hubert Tuechle was working out how the business would continue to operate under the reintroduction of stage three restrictions in regional Victoria.

Mr Tuechle said from Thursday night the RSL will provide only takeaway meals.

"We'll open on Wednesday for lunch and dinner and after Wednesday we'll move to takeaway only," he said.

Mr Tuechle said takeaway dinners would be available seven nights a week and people can order from 4.30pm.

"People can pick up the order within 25 minutes of placing it," he said.

Mr Tuechle said the RSL would be able to keep their staff working and he was considering home deliveries as well.

"The staff members we've had the last seven weeks, which is 90 per cent of the staff, we're going to keep them on," he said.

"We may even start delivering meals to customers. Depending on the demand.

"It certainly gives staff more opportunity to work and come into work and some socialising, (instead) of being isolated at home."

Mr Tuechle said the initial weeks of opening after the first lockdown had been positive.

"The first two weeks when we opened up was really good, then when Melbourne was locked down it really started to drop off," he said.

"But last week was actually a really busy week for us.

"Last week it seemed like everything was picking up again and full steam ahead. Unfortunately with the announcement on Sunday it's put a spanner in the works."

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UPDATE 4.20pm: The phones at eateries in Warrnambool have been ringing non-stop since Premier Daniel Andrews announced regional Victoria would enter stage 3 restrictions this week.

Restaurants and cafes will only be allowed to offer takeaway meals from Thursday.

Rafferty's duty manager Ben McKenzie said there had been a flurry of calls since Sunday afternoon.

"We've had lots of people booking in for their last dine-in meal before the lockdown," he said.

Mr McKenzie said anyone who wanted to book a table needed to get in quickly.

"We've got a couple of spots left," he said.

Alister Porter, owner of The Whalers, said it was a similar story at his restaurant.

"We've had a lot of phone calls," he said.

Mr Porter said the second lockdown was "a bit of a blow".

But he said the current restrictions were quite challenging.

The Whalers will also offer takeway meals.

UPDATE 3.45pm: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed there has been 429 new cases of coronavirus across the state in the past 24 hours, taking the state's total to 11,937.

This number includes two cases confirmed by Portland District Health on Sunday afternoon and one new case in Moyne Shire as there is further growth in regional Victoria with 386 confirmed cases.

Victoria has recorded 13 deaths overnight, eight of which are linked to outbreaks in aged care facilities. To date, 136 have died from coronavirus across the state since the beginning of the pandemic.

Within Victoria, 36 of the new cases are linked to outbreaks or complex cases and 393 are under investigation.

The south-west meat industry will be scaled back to two-thirds of the normal workforce and is in the third category under the Premier's new business classification plan.

After speaking with industry leaders, the Premier has classified metropolitan businesses into three categories and announced a series of closures.

The first group will remain open and includes; supermarkets, grocery stores, bottle shops, pharmacies, petrol stations, banks, newsagencies, post offices and frontline workers.

The second group where operations will have to cease for the next six weeks from midnight on Wednesday in metropolitan Melbourne include retail, some manufacturing and administration. Retail stores will be able to operate contactless and delivery services.

The third group is made up of industries that are permitted to operate under significantly different operations includes food production, waste collection or supply chain logistics in metropolitan Melbourne.

Victorian Police have issued 172 fines for coronavirus breaches in the past 24 hours including a Melburnian staying in his holiday home on the Surf Coast.

UPDATE 3.15pm: The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed one active coronavirus case in Moyne Shire.

Victoria has recorded 429 new cases of coronavirus overnight with the total number of cases now at 11,937.

There has been 13 deaths overnight with eight of those linked to outbreaks in the state's aged care facilities.

There have been 77 cases linked to Australian Lamb Company in Colac, with a total of 89 cases in the Colac Otway Shire.

Two COVID-19 tests returned positive on Sunday afternoon in Portland as Victoria entered a State of Disaster.

Portland District Health chief executive Chris Giles said the new cases were from testing undertaken on July 31 and it is not known if they are linked to the existing outbreak.

"I don't have a lot of details about these cases as yet but have been in touch with the Geelong COVID-19 tracing team and they are starting contact tracing," Ms Giles said.

There remains one active case in Warrnambool.

UPDATE 2.05pm: The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed funerals in regional Victoria can only have up to 10 people including the people conducting the funeral.

UPDATE 11.40am: Steve Lamb, from Macqueens Funerals in Terang and Camperdown, said funerals were a time to bring people together and it was difficult to have to keep people apart at a significant point in people's lives.

"Basically we're where we were," he said.

"I see funerals as a time for bringing people together and it is hard for us that we have to now keep people apart.

"Even for us as funeral directors, our job is to meet with people and we become a big part of a family's life for a very short period of time and we're not able to do that.

"A lot of the work that we would normally do face to face we're now having to do on the phone and it's not a nice way for us to do our job.

"It's sad for us, it's upsetting but we've just got to do what we've got to do.

"We've just got to stay safe and follow the rules."

August 3, 9.40am: Two COVID-19 tests returned positive on Sunday afternoon in Portland as Victoria entered a State of Disaster.

Portland District Health chief executive Chris Giles said the new cases were from testing undertaken on July 31 and it is not known if they are linked to the existing outbreak.

"I don't have a lot of details about these cases as yet but have been in touch with the Geelong COVID-19 tracing team and they are starting contact tracing," Ms Giles said.

Ms Giles said any close contact of the two new cases would be contacted by the contact tracing team to organise priority testing and any locations that are impacted will also be notified.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared a State of Disaster on Sunday afternoon as Melbourne entered Stage 4 coronavirus restrictions and regional Victoria reverts to Stage 3 on Thursday.

Regional Victorians will not be able to leave their homes except for the four reasons:

Masks are now compulsory and south-west residents will be hit with a $200 fine if caught not wearing a facial covering.

An additional four positive cases of coronavirus have been linked to the Australian Lamb Company outbreak in Colac.

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday there were 72 cases linked to the meat processor bringing the Colac-Otway Shire active cases total to 88.

Warrnambool and Southern Grampians Shires have one active case and Moyne has none.

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