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The Australian and international news stories you need to know today, Monday August 31. – Mamamia
Covid Victoria fines: 192 in just 24 hours as protests continue every night, protesters threw flares at police and hundreds ignore rules to enjoy weather.
Victoria has reported 41 coronavirus deaths, an Australian daily record, although only 19 of the fatalities are new.
It takes the state’s death toll to 565 and the national figure to 652.
The previous highest daily toll was 25 on August 17.
When the Department of Health and Human Services released the daily figures on Monday, it explained 22 of the fatalities were people who died before August 27. They were reported by aged care facilities to the DHHS on Sunday.
But there was good news on ne…
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