Covid: Australia, the new year begins with record cases

(ANSA) – ROME, JAN 01 – Australia has started 2022 with new coronavirus peaks due to the rapid extension of an outbreak in the eastern states of the country: both New South Wales and Victoria have registered new ones in the last 24 hours daily records, respectively of 22,577 and 7,442 infections, according to what is reported by the CNN.

At the same time, there have been four other deaths from the disease in New South Wales, while nine have died in the state of Victoria. The new data bring the total number of victims nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic to over 2,250.

Overall, also counting new cases in Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian capital territory, the daily toll marks a new national record of 33,161 infections compared to 32,946 recorded in the previous 24 hours. (HANDLE).

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