Australia has had its biggest daily jump in virus cases in two weeks. Australia reported 26 new cases of the coronavirus, including a seven-year-old boy, across three states on Monday in the biggest daily jump in two weeks. The number of new infections could rise still higher as more states and territories report case numbers throughout the day. In neighbouring Victoria state, a testing blitz returned 22 new cases, 19 of which were connected to a meat processing plant, authorities said. Australia has so far escaped the high numbers of casualties seen in other countries, with about 6800 infections and 95 deaths.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 04, 2020 01:07 UTC