Australia records 21 new COVID-19 infections

Friday 9 October 2020

Australia recorded 21 new COVID-19 infections, down from 25 yesterday:

Victoria recorded 11 new infections, with Melbourne’s 14-day average falling marginally to 9.4, still nearly double the 5 required to remove draconian restrictions on 19 October:

NSW recorded 10 new infections with 5 locally acquired:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.