Australia's worst-hit state beginning to flatten the curve after tougher restrictions implemented

Image: James Ross/AAP/PA Images Image: James Ross/AAP/PA Images AUSTRALIA’S WORST-HIT state of Victoria appears to be curbing a virus outbreak after a week of tougher restrictions, authorities said today, with new cases falling in recent days even as fatalities topped records.

The state has reported around or below 400 new daily cases for four consecutive days, raising hopes that an outbreak centred on Melbourne has been contained after numbers soared above 700 in recent weeks. The virus has ravaged Victoria’s aged care homes, with more than 100 residents dying since early August and almost 2,000 active infections linked to the facilities.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the country’s most populous region remained “on high alert” due to small but persistent numbers of cases that could not be traced to any known source.

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