Prognosis

Sydney’s Covid Cases at Record While Infections Rise in Brisbane

Police officers patrol the empty central business district of Sydney on July 3.

Photographer: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

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Sydney reported a record-matching number of new local cases of Covid-19, while infections also rose in the state of Queensland, a day after its most-populous region went into lockdown.