As the day unfolded: NSW-Victoria border to close as Victoria records 127 new COVID-19 cases; Australian death toll hits 106

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This is what you need to know from today:

The global death toll passed 534,000, and cases have passed the 11.4 million mark.
Australia had 137 new cases today, including two in Albury, near the NSW-Victoria border.
The Australian death toll is now 106 after a man in his 60s in Victoria passed away.
Due to the huge spike in cases in Victoria, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said travellers from Melbourne would not be allowed into her state on Tuesday, ahead of the lockdown at midnight which will stop any Victorians crossing the border.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that a discussion he had this morning with both Ms Berejiklian and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews resulted in the three of them agreeing to go ahead with the border closure.

We'll continue our live coverage of the pandemic early on Tuesday morning with Mary Ward.