Australia : Australia experienced record daily number of new coronavirus cases on Saturday.
New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland recording a total of 361 cases of the highly infectious Delta variant.
Around t 15 million people in the three states which is 60% of Australia’s population, even under a strict lockdown, nation reported five coronavirus-related deaths.
New South Wales suffered its worst pandemic day, reported 319 new COVID-19 cases.
Sydney and other regional centres spanning 200 km (120 miles) of coastline under a stay-at-home order for six weeks already.
There are 345 people admitted to hospital in New Soth Wales with 56 in intensive care and 23 under ventilation.
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