The Victorian border with New South Wales will be closed from Wednesday after the state recorded its largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the closure at a press conference this morning where he said his state had recorded a further 127 new coronavirus cases and a man in his 90s had died in a Victorian hospital.
Health Minister Jenny Mikakos later tweeted a man in his 60s also died from coronavirus in hospital this morning.
The two deaths bring the state’s coronavirus death toll to 22 and the national total to 106.
The Victorian Premier said the decision to close the border followed talks with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The Premier said of today’s 127 new cases, 16 were detected in the public housing towers that have been locked down.
An additional 10 infections from earlier numbers have been linked to the towers, bringing the total in the outbreak to 53 cases.
“It’s essentially a doubling of the numbers since yesterday,” Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-06/victoria-nsw-border-to-close-over-coronavirus-fears/12424686
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