Another 38 people in Australia have died after contracting COVID-19.
Victoria reported 26 fatalities on Friday, while there were seven in Queensland, two in NSW, two in South Australia and one in the Northern Territory.
In Victoria, there were 6,545 new COVID-19 infections. Active cases in the state have risen to 42,046, from 41,660 on Thursday.
There are 245 Victorians in hospital with COVID-19, of whom 28 are in intensive care and seven on ventilation.
Some 60.1 per cent of Victorian adults have received three vaccine doses.
NSW recorded 9,466 new cases of COVID-19. The number of cases was down by 1,872 from Thursday when 11,338 people tested positive to COVID-19.
There are 1,000 people in hospital with COVID-19 in NSW, including 42 in intensive care units.
Anyone who tests positive and is isolating during the NSW floods emergency has been asked to obey any orders to evacuate.
COVID-19 positive people arriving at flood evacuation centres must notify staff, wear a mask and physically distance from others.
Along with its seven new deaths, Queensland reported 5,446 new COVID-19 cases.
The government said 284 people were in hospital, including 25 in ICU.
The mandatory requirement for masks at indoor workplaces will be officially scrapped from 6pm Friday.
Masks will still be mandatory in healthcare settings, residential aged care, disability accommodation, prisons, public transport, airports and on planes.
Density limits will also be scrapped for private homes, weddings and funerals and there will be no limits in food courts, hairdressers, gyms, private venues and universities. A ban on school excursions, assemblies and inter-school visits will also be ditched from 6pm.
However, masks will still be essential if people are not able to socially distance.
South Australia reported two new COVID-19-related deaths on Friday, along with 2,047 new cases, taking the total number of active infections in the state to 18,363.
There are 106 people in hospital, nine in ICU and one on ventilator.
A woman in her 50s was the latest person to die with COVID-19 in the Northern Territory. SecureNT said the woman was from a remote community in the West Arnhem region.
Her death came as the Territory reported another 660 COVID-19 infections on Friday. There are 48 people in hospital with the virus including two in intensive care.
Active cases across the NT stand at 3,677.
West Australian authorities are now managing almost 10,000 active COVID-19 cases after the state recorded another 2137 infections on Friday.
Twenty-one people are in hospital but none are in intensive care.
The health department believes WA remains on track to replicate modelling which predicts a peak of about 10,000 daily cases in coming weeks.
Tasmania reported 937 new COVID-19 infections and an increase in active cases on Friday.
Friday's daily figure is down on the 1,117 infections recorded on Thursday, which was the first time the number had been four digits since 19 January.
The state has 5,432 active cases, an increase from the 5411 documented 24 hours earlier.
Fourteen people with the virus are in hospital, with 10 of those being treated for COVID-19.
Four patients are in intensive care, an increase of one.
The ACT recorded another 794 new COVID-19 cases but the number of people in hospital is decreasing.
There are 35 people in hospital, including two people in ICU and one person requiring ventilation. This is down from 39 people in hospital on Thursday.
West Australian authorities are now managing almost 10,000 active COVID-19 cases after the state recorded another 2,137 infections.
Twenty one people are in hospital but none are in intensive care.
The health department believes WA remains on track to replicate modelling which predicts a peak of about 10,000 daily cases in coming weeks.
The modelling also forecasts a peak of 430 hospital ward admissions and 53 ICU admissions.
Warning over unapproved rapid antigen tests
Australia's medical regulator has issued a fresh warning not to buy RATs that have not been approved for use in the country.
It comes following concerns some types of RATs are being repackaged or relabelled for sale without all the components inside.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has also warned that some retail outlets or online stores may try to sell kits unsuitable for use at home.
The administration has already approved 32 different types of RATs for use in Australia.
"(Unapproved RATs) have not been assessed by the TGA, meaning they do not come with the same assurances of safety, effectiveness and quality as those that have met Australian regulatory requirements," the TGA said in a statement.
"Unapproved versions may not work as expected, or work at all."
While supply issues for RATs, largely seen during the peak of the Omicron wave, have subsided, the administration said it was important people check whether a test had been approved in Australia before being used.
The TGA spokesman said people should buy the tests from Australian retailers if possible and check if the test was included on the Australian register of therapeutic goods.
"Avoid purchasing RATs from overseas websites - your order may be stopped at the Australian border if you import a quantity greater than what would be reasonable for personal use," the spokesman said.
The administration has warned of significant fines for people importing unapproved tests.
