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

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

August 17, 2021, 7:15 AM·1 min read

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported a slight rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the first day after officials reinstated a night curfew and extended a hard lockdown in Melbourne, the state capital.

A total of 24 new local cases were detected in the state, up from 22 a day earlier.

Authorities on Monday prolonged a lockdown in Melbourne until Sept. 2 and said the city's 5 million residents would be subjected to a nightly curfew in a bid to get on top of the highly infectious Delta virus variant.

(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

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