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MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales recorded 239 COVID-19 infections of the highly transmissible variant Delta on Sunday, matching the record number of daily cases in the current outbreak observed Thursday.
There are 222 people hospitalized, including 54 in intensive care and 25 requiring ventilation, state officials said. The total number of cases in the outbreak, which began in mid-June, has reached 3,427.
Neighboring Queensland has reported nine new locally acquired cases in a new outbreak of the Delta strain, its highest daily count in a year, said Deputy State Prime Minister Steven Miles. Parts of the state were put under an instant three-day lockdown on Saturday.
Reporting by Lidia Kelly
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