Six people are in intensive care with coronavirus in Australia's biggest state and a six-year-old child has been diagnosed with the illness. New South Wales has 307 coronavirus patients, more than half the national total of 609. That marks an increase of 40 cases in the state since yesterday, including a six-year-old, the youngest in the state so far. It comes as Victoria, which has 149 cases, takes drastic measures to increase hospital capacity. Old Victorian hospital wards will be recommissioned to help handle the extra pressure coronavirus is expected to put on the health system.

Source: Daily Mail March 19, 2020 01:15 UTC