Coronavirus updates LIVE: Australians download COVIDSafe app more than 2 million times\, social distancing in NSW partially relaxed\, nation\'s death toll stands at 85

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Coronavirus updates LIVE: Australians download COVIDSafe app more than 2 million times, social distancing in NSW partially relaxed, nation's death toll stands at 88

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Summary

  • The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 210,000. There are more than 3 million known cases of infection but more than 883,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
  • In Australia, the death toll stands at 88 after the death of four more residents at Newmarch House. There have been 6721 confirmed coronavirus cases since the outbreak began
  • Two million Australians now have the coronavirus tracing app on their phones, but a top former digital agency public servant won't download it because of the government's track record with people's data
  • NSW residents will be allowed to visit other households in groups of two from Friday, in the state's first relaxation of social distancing restrictions
  • New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country no longer has any undetected community transmission of COVID-19
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