Australia records no new COVID-19 cases for first time in five months


  • World
  • Sunday, 01 Nov 2020

File photo People walk past a cafe after the coronavirus disease COVID-19 restrictions were eased for the state of Victoria in Melbourne Australia October 28 2020. REUTERSSandra Sanders

File photo: People walk past a cafe after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased for the state of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia recorded no new daily coronavirus community infections on Sunday for the first time in nearly five months, health officials said, paving the way for further easing of social distancing restrictions.

The state of Victoria, a coronavirus hot spot which accounts for more than 90% of Australia's 907 coronavirus-related deaths, saw zero new daily infections and no deaths for the second consecutive day.

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