Coronavirus updates LIVE: NSW lifts COVID-19 restrictions on gyms, junior sport; Palaszczuk issues apology over Nathan Turner death as Australian death toll stands at 102
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Summary
- NSW gyms, yoga classes, dance studios, indoor pools, and barre studios, will be allowed to reopen from June 13. Six new cases have been confirmed in the state, all returned travellers in quarantine.
- A Melbourne nursing home is in lockdown after a staff member tested positive, while a kindergarten teacher has also been diagnosed with the virus. They are among 10 new cases confirmed in Victoria.
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has apologised to the family of Nathan Turner who was thought to be Australia's youngest COVID-19 victim, but tested negative for the virus after his death.
- New Australian research suggests coronavirus could become a seasonal disease, with people at greater risk of contracting it during winter, as the humidity drops.
- The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 373,000 and there are more than 6.2 million known cases of infection. More than 2.6 million people have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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