Australia records lowest number of new daily cases in three weeks

Australia recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus cases yesterday, with 96 new cases. This is the first time in three weeks the country has seen the number of new daily cases fall below 100.

Australia’s health minister Greg Hunt says 6,068 Australians have been diagnosed with Covid-19. Of those, 82 are in intensive care and 35 are on ventilators. 51 people have died.

Hunt says while the early signs that Australia is successfully flattening the curve are encouraging, there is still “a long way to go” and he urges people to stay at home, particularly over the Easter holidays.

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