MORE than 100 of the positive cases of coronavirus in Victoria are children aged under 10.
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COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said of the 494 active cases, 112 were children aged under 10, 100 were between the ages of 10 and 19, and 79 are in their 20s.
"Again, it's a very, very young age profile," he said.
"We have seen kids get Covid and spread it to their families... transmit it to each other.
"No one is immune from this."
He said of the active cases in hospital, 21 of them were under 50 including an infant.
He said for those people in ICU one person was aged in their 20s and five were in their 40s.
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Mr Weimar said there were 22 mystery cases which was a significant jump and the virus was spreading to more suburbs.
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Premier Daniel Andrews said there were 52,566 vaccination appointments available in Victoria over the next seven days.
"I'm hopeful that today and tomorrow people will be prompted to go and make an appointment," he said.
"Vaccination is our only way out of this, all the while driving the numbers down."
He encouraged people who had an appointment to not cancel or fail to show up because they may end up on a waiting list.
"Play your part in making sure lockdowns are not something we have to endure."
Asked if he was considering further restrictions Mr Andrews said there weren't too many more restrictions that could be put in place.
He said people were entitled to their opinions and had every reason to be frustrated.
But he said he didn't have enough supply of vaccine to get 70 per cent of the community vaccinated by next week.
"Compliance will drive numbers down," he said.
"If there was another option we would have chosen that... all politicians of all stripes would."
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