Photo: Getty ImagesAustralia reported its first Covid-related death of the year on Sunday and a 2021 record 77 new cases of the virus in the state of New South Wales. "I’m anticipating the numbers in New South Wales will be greater than 100 tomorrow," Berejiklian told a televised briefing. On Saturday there were 50 cases, the previous 2021 record high. There are 52 cases in hospital, or about one in 10 people infected in the current outbreak. The death, the country's first locally contracted case since December, involved a woman in her 90s.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 11, 2021 03:00 UTC