Photo: Getty ImagesThe Australian state of Victoria has reported its lowest daily rise in new coronavirus infections in seven weeks, fuelling optimism that a deadly second wave is subsiding. Monday's cases are the lowest in seven weeks, when 74 cases were recorded on July 5. Authorities have expanded a public health alert to 67 venues, up from 40, after a Covid-19 cluster linked to a Brisbane Youth Detention Centre grows. The state recorded one new case on Monday, taking the centre's cluster to 10. New South Wales has recorded three new cases on Monday, with two cases from returned travellers in hotel quarantine and one linked to Liverpool Hospital.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 24, 2020 02:48 UTC