Victoria has recorded 216 new cases of coronavirus and 12 more deaths in the past day.

Wednesday's tally marks the fourth consecutive day of numbers below 300 – down again from the 222 daily cases recorded yesterday.

While it's only the third day this week of a consecutive case number drop, the seven-day average – as seen on this graph – shows the overall downward trend is continuing.

The last time Victoria recorded a daily new case tally close today's number was on July 18 when there were 217 new cases.

On Tuesday, the state's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said he hoped to see new case numbers drop to the 100s next week.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton believes new daily cases could be in the 100s by next week.Credit:Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

"We shouldn't hang everything on a single day's result but overall the trend is good," he said.

Earlier in the week, however, Premier Daniel Andrews said a decrease in the number of Victorians getting tested in the last fortnight was concerning.

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