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Australia records deadliest day of Covid pandemic as 35 cases of BA.2 Omicron variant detected
Australian pathologists are closely monitoring the spread of BA.2 subvariant as 98 coronavirus deaths recorded
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Australia has recorded its deadliest day ever of the Covid pandemic, with 98 deaths recorded, as the first cases of the BA.2 descendant of the Omicron variant were recorded in NSW.
There are now 35 cases of BA.2 in Australia overall including in Tasmania, ACT, Queensland, WA and Victoria.
Read the original article at The Guardian