Australia's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 300 after Victoria announced a record 19 in the past 24 hours.
(File photo) A health official checks people at a Covid-19 testing centre in Melbourne Photo: AFP
New cases of the coronavirus in Victoria have fallen again.
The state had 322 further cases in the past day, as infections steadily decreased since last Wednesday's record tally of 725.
There were 322 new cases of #coronavirus (#COVID19) detected in Victoria in the last 24 hours. Sadly, there were 19 deaths reported #Covid19VicData pic.twitter.com/TINmAA7DBI
— VicGovDHHS (@VicGovDHHS) August 9, 2020
In a change to the procedure for announcing Covid-19 cases, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said the new protocol was to tweet the numbers ahead of any press conferences.
Yesterday, Premier Daniel Andrews announced there had been 17 deaths overnight, which was the highest number of people to die in a single day in Australia since the pandemic began.
Meanwhile Queensland has reported one new Covid-19 infection.
The latest case is a returned traveller who is in quarantine.
Health Minister Steven Miles said the state had avoided the risks of a widespread outbreak from returning cases from Melbourne.
- ABC
