australia covid cases

New Australian COVID-19 cases dip, but hospitalisations rise

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New Australian COVID-19 cases dip, but hospitalisations rise

With only Western Australia and the Northern Territory still to report figures on Sunday, the national tally of new cases was more than 32,200, below Saturday’s record of 35,327. New Australian COVID-19 cases dipped on Sunday as testing slowed over a holiday weekend, but remained well over 30,000 and hospitalisations rose further in New South … Read more

Sydney isolated as COVID-19 clusters build; NZ tightens curbs in capital

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Sydney isolated as COVID-19 clusters build; NZ tightens curbs in capital

Australia’s largest city of Sydney re-introduced “soft touch” COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday to contain a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, mandating masks in offices while neighbouring states closed their borders. New Zealand raised the alert level in its capital of Wellington over exposure concerns after an Australian tourist tested positive for the … Read more