Coronavirus live news: US reports 5,000 deaths in five days as Australia sees record new cases
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- Victoria, Australia sees national record 532 new cases
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Back in the Australian state of Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews says that since January, more than one in five Victorians has been tested for coronavirus:
We don’t have capacity to do 100,000 tests a day. There are limits, and if you look at our average over the last three to four weeks, it’s certainly higher than 25,000.
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To step away from Australia for a moment: China has reported 57 new locally transmitted cases today, with 41 of those in the Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the National Health Commission:
From 0-24 o’clock on July 26, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 61 new confirmed cases, including 4 imported cases (2 in Inner Mongolia, 1 in Fujian, and 1 in Sichuan). There are 57 local cases (41 in Xinjiang, 14 in Liaoning, and 2 in Jilin); no new deaths; no new suspected cases.
On Sunday, the #Chinese mainland reported:
- 57 local transmissions (41 in #Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 14 in Liaoning Province, two in Jilin Province)
- Four #COVID19 cases from overseas
- 44 asymptomatic cases pic.twitter.com/YUU3LCGXNa
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