As the day unfolded: $1.3 billion to fund 4000 new ICU beds, as Victoria records increase in COVID-19 cases and Australian death toll hits 21

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There are 968 cases in Victoria, up 51 from Tuesday. About 30 patients are in hospital with six in intensive care. Australia's death toll is 21.

More than 445,000 businesses across the country have registered for the $1500 JobKeeper wage subsidy. A cluster of coronavirus cases linked to Adelaide Airport has emerged, with five more baggage handlers and two family members testing positive to the virus.A staff member at the Peter Mac Cancer Centre in Melbourne has tested positive for the coronavirus.

"These protocols require people who have been in close contact with a person who tests positive to COVID-19 to self-isolate for 14 days.

 

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