Australia records only 4 new local COVID infections

Friday, 8 January 2021

Australia recorded only 4 new local COVID-19 infections overnight – all in NSW:

This took Australia’s total local active case count to 226:

Internationally acquired cases in hotel quarantine have also surged to 216, reflecting the surging rate of infections overseas.

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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.