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Australia records 35 Covid-related deaths as WA reports highest cases since pandemic began
Victoria reports 15 deaths while NSW’s slow decline in hospitalisations at odds with best case predictions
Australia has reported 35 new Covid-related deaths, of which 15 were in Victoria, 11 in New South Wales, eight in Queensland and one in the Northern Territory.
The deaths came as Western Australia recorded its highest one-day case total since the beginning of the pandemic with 1,105 new infections, 1,098 of which were locally acquired. WA has only recorded 7,245 cases since the pandemic began – so one in seven cases in the state in the past two years were reported in the past 24 hours.
Read the original article at The Guardian