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Australian COVID-19 death toll surpasses 500 after 17 new deaths reported – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
CANBERRA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — Australia has recorded more than 500 coronavirus deaths seven months after diagnosing its first case of the virus.
As of Sunday afternoon there had been 502 deaths from COVID-19 in Australia, an increase of 17 from 485 on Saturday.
All 17 of the deaths were in Victoria and 11 were linked to aged care facilities. It takes Victoria’s death toll to 415.
It has taken six days for Australia’s death toll to rise from 400 to 500.
By comparison it took seven days for th…
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