NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that deaths will continue to rise unless the state ramps up vaccination numbers. Video / Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales has recorded 415 new local cases of Covid-19 and four new deaths. Of the new cases, 42 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 273 cases remains under investigation. VictoriaVictoria has recorded 25 new local cases of Covid-19, with all but four of those cases linked to known outbreaks. It comes as Queensland's chief health officer Jeannette Young tightened the border zone rules overnight as a statewide NSW lockdown was enforced.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 14, 2021 23:08 UTC