About two Victorians are taking their own lives each day, with about half the people who killed themselves seeking help from health services in the six weeks before they died.

Fresh figures from the Coroner's Court revealed almost 370 Victorians have died by suicide so far this year, with the number expected to soar to 740 by the end of the year, the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System heard on Monday.

About two Victorians are taking their own lives each day, an inquiry has been told. Credit:SIMONE BECCHETTI

Last year, 685 Victorian lives were lost to suicide.

A stark analysis by the Coroner's Court found more than half of Victorians who killed themselves between 2009 and 2015 were in contact with the health system in the critical six weeks before they took their own lives.