Victoria is expected to reach an 80% vaccination rate for those aged 16 and older from Friday – a week ahead of the date forecast – and hit the 90% (for those aged 12 and older) mark by 24 November.
The state is now at 73% full vaccination for those aged 16 and older (increasing at a rate of about a percentage point a day), but the number of people in hospital (787, up from 770 on Saturday), intensive care (146, compared to 144 on Saturday) and on a ventilator (93, 90 on Saturday) also continues to climb.
On Sunday Andrews said he hoped the changes would allow those in Melbourne, who have not been able to leave the city since July, to enjoy a long weekend to coincide with the Melbourne Cup public holiday on 2 November.
Those restrictions were expanded on Sunday, when Andrews made clear that non-essential retail and events would be vaccine mandated, effectively banning those who are unvaccinated from attending or working in those settings.
Of the 146 people in intensive care with Covid-19, Andrews said 93% were unvaccinated.
The rate of people aged older than 16 who have received at least one dose has reached 93%, and the rate of full vaccination for the same age group is 84.4%.
The number of people in hospital has increased from 469 on Saturday to 480, but the number in intensive care has fallen from 123 to 119.
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