SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state reported on Thursday five deaths and 262 locally-acquired cases of COVID-19, up from 233 a day earlier, as numbers continued to climb despite state capital Sydney nearing six weeks in a hard lockdown.
Of the new cases, at least 43 have spent time in the community while infectious, the state’s health department said.
(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
