FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective face mask at St Kilda beach in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease , July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra SandersSYDNEY: Australia's coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria on Tuesday reported 10 new infections in the past 24 hours, turning around a second contagion wave that only last month was infecting more than 700 people every day.
The country's second-most populous state has paid a high price to contain the spread of the virus, placing nearly 5 million residents of its capital Melbourne under one of the world's most stringent lockdowns since early August.The state, which accounts for the bulk of the country's more than 27,000 infections and 882 deaths, on Sunday lifted some of the restrictions, including nightly curfews.
A key indicator, the rolling 14-day average, fell to 18.2, tracking ahead of state government expectations, officials said. "That continuous improvement will serve us well as we continue to open up," Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Tuesday."This strategy is working is delivering us those lower numbers."
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