TamilAustralia daily cases at record high with millions in lockdown
7 August 2021, 12:48 pm
A health worker takes a swab sample at a Covid-19 drive-through testing site in western Sydney on August 7, 2021, as Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of infections. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
Australia reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases this year on Saturday with the highly infectious Delta variant continuing to spread through the country’s most populous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
With about 15 million people in the three states, or 60% of Australia’s population, under a strict lockdown, the country also reported five coronavirus-related deaths, one of the highest this year.
NSW reported 319 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the most since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, with Sydney and neighbouring regional centres spanning 200 km (120 miles) of coastline under a stay-at-home order for six weeks already.
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