But Andrews -- a Labor Party politician who has run Australia's second-largest state since 2014 -- has remained popular with Victorians throughout the lockdown, local polls show . On Sunday, Victoria recorded just 11 new coronavirus cases, down from over 670 at the height of the most recent outbreak last month. "We can do this," Andrews tweeted Sunday , echoing his words at the beginning of the lockdown: "We are Victorians -- and we will get through this as Victorians. Wuhan spent 76-days under lockdown, which was finally lifted as the daily caseload slowed to a trickle. The US, however, remains the worst hit country in the world, with more than 6.7 million coronavirus cases and almost 200,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 04:52 UTC