Australia has reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases for the year on August 7 with the highly infectious Delta variant continuing to spread through the country’s most populous states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Queensland.
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Al Jazeera: Australia’s COVID cases at record high with millions in lockdown
Masked people sit by the waterfront in downtown Melbourne on August 6, 2021, amid a sixth lockdown for the city in efforts to bring the Delta outbreak to heel.
