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Victoria matches virus record as NSW concerned by spike

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Newstalk ZB / news.com.au,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Aug 2020, 4:54PM
(Photo / AAP)
(Photo / AAP)

Victoria matches virus record as NSW concerned by spike

Author
Newstalk ZB / news.com.au,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Aug 2020, 4:54PM

Victoria has recorded 331 new cases and 19 deaths in the past 24 hours - equalling the state's worst ever tally for deaths yesterday.

Although case numbers appear to be steadily falling since last Wednesday’s peak, Mr Andrews said he can’t promise Victoria’s current restrictions will work in six weeks.

“It’ll only have the maximum chance of working in six weeks if everybody plays their part,” he said. “That’s why we’re so grateful the vast majority of people are. Your point about increased compliance, to more people at home, more people doing the right thing, so less people doing the wrong thing, that’s my sense of it.

“That’s been the trend for at least a couple of weeks, I think. So people are making better choices. Unless they do, then we won’t see movement reduced and we won’t see case numbers reduced.”

Meanwhile, NSW has recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking the biggest state's spike in cases since April.

Four of those are from people in hotel quarantine, two are from Victoria and eight are linked to the Tangara school cluster in Cherrybrook.

“Any new cluster is a concern. I anticipate the number of that cluster will grow,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

Ms Berejiklian urged people to be cautious about their daily activities and not take any unnecessary risks.

“This is not the time for complacency. It is the time to be on high alert,” she said.

There are now 17 cases associated with the Tangara School for Girls, just days after the cluster was first discovered.

 

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