The Australian state of Victoria recorded 466 new coronavirus patients and 12 deaths, including another man in his 30s. On Friday, when the state reported 450 new patients and 11 deaths, the chief health officer said the coronavirus infection rate in the hard-hit state had been “relatively flat” in the past week. The deaths announced Saturday took the state’s toll to 193 and the figure for virus deaths in Australia to 278. Meanwhile, Queensland state’s border with New South Wales has officially closed with road access blocked to everyone except essential workers and locals living along the interstate boundary. It has had few new virus patients in the past month.-AP

Source: The Standard August 08, 2020 13:41 UTC