MELBOURNE, Australia saw a record daily number of new coronavirus cases this year on Saturday, with the country’s most populous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland recording a total of 361 cases of the highly infectious Delta variant, Reuters reported.
With about 15 million people in the three states, or 60% of Australia’s population, under a strict lockdown, the country also reported five coronavirus-related deaths, one of the highest this year.
With just over 36,000 COVID-19 cases and 937 deaths, Australia has avoided the high caseloads of other developed countries.
Source: Saudi Press Agency