NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today’s numbers were “disturbingly high” and more deaths will come if vaccine rates fail to increase. Video / Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales has recorded 478 new local cases of Covid-19 and eight deaths, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 56. NSW suffered a then-record 466 local cases and four deaths on Saturday, prompting a statewide seven-day lockdown and a police operation to enforce compliance across Sydney. VictoriaVictoria today recorded 22 new local cases of Covid-19, with 17 of those cases linked to known outbreaks. QueenslandQueensland has again recorded no new local cases of Covid-19.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 15, 2021 22:45 UTC