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Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews says six more people have died overnight, a lower toll than yesterday’s 10 deaths.
The deaths are, says Andrews: “A female in her 90s, a female in her 80s, a man in his 80s, a female in her 70s, and a male in his 70s, and a male in his 50s. Five of those six deaths are connected to outbreaks in aged care.”
In Australia, the state of Victoria, in which residents of Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire are around half way through a six-week lockdown, has reported a national record 532 new cases in one day, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced at a press conference. The previous national record was 472 cases, most of them from Victoria, on 22 July.
Yesterday was Australia’s deadliest day over the course of the pandemic so far, with ten deaths – all of them in Victoria.
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