Australia's Victoria reports slight rise in local COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: The first morning of a COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne

August 12, 2021, 7:02 AM

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Thursday reported a slight rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as 5 million residents of Melbourne, the state capital, prepare to enter a second week of a hard lockdown.

A total of 21 new locally acquired cases were detected in the state, up from 20 a day earlier.

Authorities extended a lockdown in Melbourne for another seven days until Aug. 19 to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.

(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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