Coronavirus In Australia: Victoria's Deadliest Day With 725 Cases And 15 Deaths
Victoria reported a record rise in new COVID-19 cases and deaths on Wednesday, as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country.
The state reported a daily high of 725 new COVID-19 cases and a record 15 deaths (including a man in his 30s) despite having reimposed a lockdown on Melbourne four weeks ago.
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New South Wales and Queensland introduced new measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, which has claimed 738 lives across the country of 25 million people.
In Victoria, the state government imposed a night curfew and tightened restrictions on people’s movements across greater Melbourne on Sunday, and ordered most businesses to stop trading from Wednesday night in a massive blow to the national economy.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said on Wednesday further restrictions would include shutting most childcare centres and expanding a ban on elective surgery to the whole state to free up medical resources for coronavirus cases.
“The notion of more than 700 cases is not sustainable. We need to drive the numbers down and this strategy is designed to do just that,” Andrews told reporters in Melbourne.
In northeastern Queensland state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said travellers from NSW and Canberra would be barred from Saturday. The state is already closed to Victorians.
“We have seen that Victoria is not getting better, and we’re not going to wait for NSW to get worse. We need to act,” Palaszczuk told...
