SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria on Thursday said eight people had died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a day after recording the deadliest day of the pandemic with 21 casualties.
The state reported 278 new daily infections compared with 410 on Wednesday.
A cluster of infections in Melbourne, the Victorian capital and Australia’s second-largest city, forced authorities last week to impose a night curfew, tighten restrictions on people’s daily movements and order large parts of state economy to close.
(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Sandra Maler)
