More Than Half Of Australia’s Population Under Lockdown Amid Unrelenting Delta Variant Covid-19 Surge

Topline Around 15 million Australians—nearly 60% of the country’s population—are currently under a strict lockdown as the country on Saturday reported its highest single day rise in Covid-19 cases this year as the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread through three of its most populous states New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. A maritime services patrol boat sits on an empty harbour with the Opera House in the background in … [+] Sydney, Australia. Getty Images Key Facts The state of New South Wales (NSW) reported 319 new locally acquired cases on Saturday, a number which is both an all time high for the state and higher than the previous record for the entire country’s single day rise in cases in 2021. On Friday, the entire country reported 308 new cases—the previous record for this year—most of which were concentrated in and around Sydney, the capital of… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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