A woman walks past an empty cafe on the first day of a seven-day COVID-19 lockdown in MelbourneSYDNEY -Australia's Victoria state authorities said plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in state capital, Melbourne, this week remained "on track" as new locally acquired coronavirus cases declined on Tuesday.
Two new locally acquired cases, both linked to existing clusters, were reported on Tuesday, down from 11 a day earlier. But officials said that it was still unclear how the Delta variant was transmitted into the community and that further tests would be needed. Australia has reported zero local cases for most days this year, encouraging authorities to ease restrictions helping the country's A$2 trillion economy rebound sharply to above pre-pandemic levels.Though case numbers remained in single digits on almost all days through the lockdown, the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant, first detected in India, late last week had stoked concerns of a major spike in infections.
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