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Victoria's chances of emerging from its sixth lockdown this week are on knife's edge after 11 new coronavirus cases.

The new locally-acquired cases recorded on Monday are all linked, while only one was in isolation during their infectious period.

None of the new cases were acquired overseas, increasing the likelihood  lockdown will be extended beyond Thursday night with 103 active cases across the state.

Premier Daniel Andrews indicated on Sunday it was too soon to say whether the week-long lockdown will end as planned.

The last cases were announced as Australia's first drive-though at a former Bunnings in Melbourne's west opened to the public for the first time on Monday.

There are growing fears Victoria will extend its lockdown beyond Thursday night. Pictured are Melburnians exercising on Sunday

The former Bunnings site in Melton in Melbourne's west is home to Australia's first drive-through vaccination clinic. Pictured are staff at the clinic's launch on Sunday

Almost 39,000 Victorians came forward for testing on Sunday while another 17,101 rolled up their sleeves to be vaccinated.

Travellers coming from Cairns and Yarrabah in Far North North Queensland are now banned from entering Victoria after the region was plunged into a three day lockdown.

Dozens of new exposure sites were revealed on Sunday night, including a busy Melbourne hospital potentially sending hundreds into isolation for 14 days. 

An infected case attended the Joan Kirner Women's and Children's hospital in St Albans on August 6, visiting the pathology department and a cafe. 

Anyone who visited Tint a Car Essendon on August 5 and The Jolly Miller Cafe at August 2 and August 3 must also get tested and isolate for 14 days.

The drive-through vaccination clinic at the former Bunnings site in Melton opened to the public for the first time on Monday as Victoria ramps up its efforts to get more jabs in arms.

The clinic will only offer Pfizer in its first week but will also have AstraZeneca from next week.  

'You book, you drive up, roll down your window, roll up your sleeve, get a jab, it's that easy,' Victorian Acting COVID-19 commander Naomi Bromley told reporters.

'This is a fantastic addition to our existing state infrastructure. It will be a really good and convenient, simple, safe way for Victorians to get vaccinated.'

Joan Kirner Women's and Children's hospital in St Albans (pictured) has been listed as a Covid exposure site 

Victoria has ramped up efforts to get vaccinated as the current outbreak grows. Pictured is a Melburnian getting the jab at Australia's first drive-through vaccination clinic

The Melton clinic is expected to administer up to 10,000 jabs a week to start off with. 

The drive-through vaccination model has operated in other countries such as the US and Israel and has been adopted following advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation.

Drivers and passengers will be screened for eligibility and symptoms at the carpark entry before proceeding, in batches of ten cars, to an identification check-in point. 

They will be instructed to park before they receive the jab.

They will remain in their car for the 15-minute observation period before exiting the site. 

Children aged 12 to 15 with underlying health conditions are now eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics, while ages 18-39 can access the AstraZeneca jab at nine mass hubs from this week. 

Victorian's aged 18-39 can book to get AstraZeneca at the following venues: Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne Showgrounds, Sandown Racecourse, Frankston's Bayside Shopping Centre, the Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre in South Moran, the former Ford Factory, Geelong, Kilmore District Health and Mansfield District Hospital.

More of the Victoria's 50 state-run clinics could also open up to ages 18-39, depending on demand. 

The drive-through clinic at Melton (pictured in operation) is expected to administer up to 10,000 jabs a week

All of Monday's 11 cases are linked to current outbreaks and all but one were out in the community while infectious. Pictured here are two women at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market on Sunday 

Victoria also recorded 11 cases on Sunday, which were all infectious while in the community, sparking Covid testing at a Flemington tower block. 

Among the cases reported on Sunday was a student at Mount Alexander College in Flemington in the city's northwest which has forced hundreds of students and staff into isolation. 

The school is close to several high-rise public housing apartment blocks and health officials are on site testing residents of units at 130 Racecourse Road. 

The family of the infected student had lived there but moved out shortly before the pupil tested positive. 

Seventeen neighbours on the family's floor have been deemed close contacts but tested negative overnight. 

Premier Andrews said testing was continuing on residents in the rest of the apartment block with more than 200 results already coming back negative.

He stressed the family of the infected student was not living in the apartment block while he was infected. 

'They are not at the tower,' he said on Sunday. 

'They had moved to another house as part of a permanent relocation. 

'There was a member of the family going back and forth to do the last bit of tidying up, packing up moving their furniture and things out.'

Victoria recorded 11 new cases on Monday with all but one infectious in the community. Pictured is a Melburnian with his furry friend on Sunday

Mount Alexander College principal Dani Angelico confirmed the infection in a message to told pupils and staff:  'It is with much regret that I inform you that there is a confirmed COVID case at MAC.'

Victoria's Health Department told the school the student had attended while infectious on August 3 and 4. 

Premier Andrews stressed that anyone who has been informed they were in contact with positive cases needs to respect the rules and stay home.

'This is why if you are asked to stay home and isolate, please follow the instructions provided to you and to the broader community, these rules are in place, as painful and as challenging as they are, they are in place to drive cases down,' he said.