Photo: GettyAustralia's Covid-19 toll has risen to 201 with three deaths in Victoria and one in New South Wales, as health officials weigh up whether stay-at-home orders in place across Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire are doing enough. Victorian Premier Dan Andrews on Saturday admitted further lockdown rules could prove a "circuit breaker" for the continued Covid-19 cases, and that the state government is working through the details. An 83-year-old man connected to the Crossroads Hotel outbreak in southwest Sydney on Saturday died, taking the NSW death toll to 52. Queensland's latest case of Covid-19 is a woman who may have been infectious while working at a Brisbane nursing home. Adelaide is set to receive 170 people on Saturday on a repatriation flight from India, with all going into hotel quarantine.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 01, 2020 02:26 UTC