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Sydney Delta Cases Rise With Australia’s Capital Facing Lockdown
The delta-variant virus outbreak roiling Sydney is worsening as it spreads into regional areas of Australia, with several media outlets reporting Thursday that national capital Canberra is set to announce a snap lockdown after detecting at least one case. New South Wales, Australia’s biggest state economy, recorded 345 new cases Thursday. Daily case numbers have generally been on a steady incline since the outbreak started in Australia’s largest city in mid-June; Sydney has been in lockdown for almost seven weeks, with Melbourne also enforcing stay-at-home orders. Two more people in Sydney have died. Both were ... (full story)