Australia's second most crowded state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s passed on for the time being from the coronavirus, the nation's first demise from the infection in over a month, as worries about the second influx of contaminations saw thousands line for COVID-19 tests and stores force new limitations.

Victoria state announced 20 short-term cases, Victoria Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton told correspondents in Melbourne, taking the state count to almost 1,900 in the wake of recording 17 on Tuesday and 16 the day preceding.

"At the point when we get extra cases, there will be a danger of individuals passing on or be in danger of further cases being hospitalized and going to concentrated consideration," Sutton told journalists in Sydney.

"That is the reason we have to jump on numbers."

The rise in new cases in Victoria has started fears of a subsequent wave, with 241 cases in the state so far recognized as network transmission, an expansion of eight from Tuesday.

Experts in Victoria, which has become the infection hotspot in Australia, have been attempting to contain the spread of the infection in about six rural areas in the biggest city of Melbourne hit by a spike in cases.

Specialists accept the flood in new cases has been brought about by family social affairs went to by individuals with gentle side effects.

The state toward the end of the week broadened its highly sensitive situation for one more month and reimposed limitations on social affairs in the wake of seeing a sharp ascent in everyday diseases.

The uptick in new contaminations has seen a great many individuals look for COVID-19 tests. With raised interest, police shut one drive-by facility 20 minutes after it opened as it immediately became overpowered.

Those testing offices ready to remain open have revealed hold up times of as long as four hours, however, specialists said any individual who needs a test will be obliged.

The worry has likewise observed individuals hurry to stores in Victoria, with Australia's greatest market chain Woolworths Group forcing new cutoff points on explicit merchandise in the state.

Customers in the state will be constrained to two things of items including bathroom tissue, hand sanitizer, flour, sugar, pasta, long-life milk, eggs, and rice.

"While we have solid stock levels to draw on, we're making this preparatory move to help forestall inordinate purchasing and bolster proper social separating in our Victorian stores," said Claire Peters, overseeing executive of Woolworths' general stores division.

In March, Australia's significant food merchants set exacting caps for the acquisition of bathroom tissue as customers stripped racks in a surge of frenzy purchasing prodded by fears over a coronavirus lockdown.

In spite of the spike in cases in Victoria, the neighboring territory of New South Wales (NSW) said it would not present a hard fringe conclusion between the states.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, be that as it may, asked individuals in the state to abstain from making a trip to its southern neighbor.

In the wake of upholding limitations ahead of schedule in the coronavirus episode contrasted with most different nations, Australia started to facilitate its lockdown a month ago to restore its economy after a huge lull in disease rates.

Australia has so far got away from a high number of losses from the new coronavirus, with a little more than 7,500 contaminations and 103 passings, supported by exacting lockdown measures and social separating rules