Australia Covid news live update: NSW records 23,131 cases and two deaths as hospitalisations top 1,300; Victoria cases surge to 14,020 with two deaths

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There have also been two deaths. In Vicotria 516 people are in hospital and of those, 56 are in ICU.

There have been two deaths in the last 24 hours and 105 people are in ICU.

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