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Australia reports record one-day rise in Covid-19 deaths

| Updated: August 31, 2020 15:25:08


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Australia reported a record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths on Monday, although the number of new infections in the country’s virus epicentre fell to a near two-month low.

Victoria state said its Covid-19 death toll rose by 41, including 22 fatalities which came from aged care facilities in the weeks leading up to Aug 27.

Australia’s previous one-day high for Covid-19 deaths was recorded on Aug 25 when 25 people died, reports Reuters.

Victoria state said it has detected 73 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest since July 3, with the capital Melbourne four weeks into a six-week lowdown.

Australia has now recorded nearly 26,000 Covid-19 infections and 652 fatalities from the virus - far fewer than other developed countries.

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