SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state on Tuesday reported 20 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, up from 11 a day earlier, as authorities eased lockdown rules in regions outside Melbourne, the state capital.
All new cases reported on Tuesday are linked to previous infections, but 15 have spent time in the community while infectious, the state’s health department said.
Melbourne is in lockdown – for the sixth time since the pandemic begun – until at least Thursday.
(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Leslie Adler)
