China has gone weeks without new cases of local infection and the 11 new cases recorded Thursday were all imported. The country has added more than 5,800 newly ill people to its caseload during the streak, raising fears about overwhelmed hospitals. — Australia’s hot spot Victoria state on Thursday recorded its second consecutive day of increased COVID-19 cases. The state health department said there had been 113 new infections and 15 deaths in the latest 24-hour period. There were only 70 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest tally since June.

Source: International New York Times September 03, 2020 01:49 UTC