Prognosis
Sydney’s Delta Outbreak Not Slowing Down Despite 6-Week Lockdown
- Largest Australian city sees daily caseload reach new high
- Melborne records 6 new virus cases in local community
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Sydney’s daily delta outbreak caseload has risen to another record, with 291 new infections detected and authorities warning the situation in Australia’s largest city could worsen.
“I do want to foreshadow that given this high number of cases, we are likely to see this trend continue for the next few days,” New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday told reporters in the city, which has failed to bend the curve of new infections lower despite being in lockdown for almost six weeks. The new cases surpass the previous record number of new infections of 262 on Thursday; one more person died.