'We're at Crucial point': Melbourne Citizens Don Masks as Australia's Covid-19 Cases See Record Spike

FILE PHOTO: A male wearing a protective face mask waits at the arrivals section of the worldwide terminal of Kingsford Smith International Airport.
on March2020 (Photo: REUTERS)

Australia taped 501 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, its highest given that the epidemic took hold in March. Its death toll also increased by 2 to128

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• Last Upgraded: July 22, 2020, 9: 42 AM IST

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Australia tape-recorded 501 brand-new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, its highest considering that the epidemic took hold in March.

Victoria state, of which Melbourne is capital, accounted for most of the brand-new cases, with 484.

In NSW, of which Sydney is capital, 16 brand-new cases were tape-recorded with Premier Gladys Berejiklian stating the state was on “high alert” due to the fact that of neighborhood transmissions and infections appearing in new places.