Australia has announced its first coronavirus-related death of the year as authorities in the state of New South Wales struggle to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
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A man wearing a mask rides a bicycle along the foreshore in Perth on June 29, 2021, as several positive Covid-19 coronavirus cases have led to a four day lockdown of the Perth metropolitan area.