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Australia’s Covid Epicenter Sees Another Day of Record Cases

New South Wales reports 1,533 new cases, Victoria records 190
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A Covid-19 public message sign at Manly Beach in Sydney, on Aug. 30.
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By James Thornhill

September 4, 2021 at 2:22 AM UTC

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September 4, 2021 at 3:33 AM UTC

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New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, reported a record 1,533 new daily coronavirus cases, with the state’s creaking health system braced for a peak in hospitalizations in October.