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Members of the Australian Defense Force and New South Wales Police Force patrol a street in suburban Bankstown during an extended lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, August 3, 2021. REUTERS / Loren Elliott
SYDNEY, Aug.5 (Reuters) – The Australian state of New South Wales on Thursday reported five deaths and 262 locally acquired COVID-19 cases, up from 233 a day earlier, as numbers continued to rise despite the fact that the state capital Sydney is approaching six weeks in a hard lockdown.
Of the new cases, at least 43 spent time in the community while infectious, the state health department said.
Report by Renju José; Editing by Jacqueline Wong
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