Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state recorded its lowest tally of new coronavirus patients in eight weeks, today. Victoria reported 116 new patients and 15 deaths. That is the lowest daily tally of new cases since 87 were reported on July 5. The state recorded 208 new cases on Sunday and 182 on Saturday. But health authorities have warned that the daily tally would need to fall to single digits or low double digits before the Melbourne lockdown was relaxed.-AP.

Source: The Standard August 24, 2020 07:52 UTC