Australia records one of its youngest COVID-19 deaths amid Sydney outbreak

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Australia's Queensland state reported 16 locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as authorities warned a lockdown in state capital Brisbane ...

SYDNEY: An Australian man in his 20s died at home of COVID-19 in Sydney, authorities said on Wednesday , one of the country's youngest coronavirus deaths.

"It demonstrates again how this disease is lethal, how it affects people of all ages," said Gladys Berejiklian, premier of New South Wales state, of which Sydney is the capital. A woman in her 80s also died in a hospital in the past day, taking the national total to 927 since the start of the pandemic.Total infections in the state's worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic topped 4,000 since the first one was detected on Jun 16.In a bid to arrest a spike in cases, authorities have taken aggressive countermeasures, including sealing off high-risk suburbs and asking military to help police enforce lockdown rules.

 

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