News tagged 'Victoria'

Australia’s second most populous state reports small daily rise in COVID-19 cases

Aug 20, 2020

SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria, the country’s COVID-19 hot spot, on Thursday reported a small daily increase in new infections with 240 cases over the past 24 hours. The figures will buoy optimism that a hard lockdown of the state capital Melbourne is containing the spread of the new coronavirus, which had t...

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Coronavirus infections stabilise in Australia’s Victoria state

Aug 11, 2020

Victoria reports 331 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths NSW reports biggest one-day rise in cases since April SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state reported only a small rise in new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, boosting hopes that case numbers are stabilising after a second wave forced authorities to put the city of Melbourne back i...

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Australia’s Victoria reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Aug 9, 2020

SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, as police thwarted a planned anti-mask rally in the capital of Melbourne. Victoria, at the centre of a second wave of infections in Australia, reported 394 cases of the novel coronavirus in the past ...

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Australian state extends state of emergency as coronavirus cases surge

Jun 21, 2020

MELBOURNE: Australia’s second most populous state, Victoria, on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19, as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pick-up in community transmission. The move came a day after the state announced it would reimpose restrictions capping visitors to households to five pe...

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Melbourne water supply could be under threat within a decade, water authority says

Jul 23, 2017

Melbourne's water providers have begun planning for a possible water crisis, as a new report suggests the city could start running out of water within a decade. Melbourne Water analysed the effect of greater consumption caused by population growth, and the possibility of worsening droughts due to climate change. It found, at worst, demand cou...

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