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Australia Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state reported on Friday 1,043 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, down from 1,063 a day earlier, as first-dose vaccination levels in the state’s adult population neared 85 percent. NSW also reported 11 new deaths from the virus, with 10 of them unvaccinated. A total of 1,186 cases are hospitalised, with 232 in intensive care, 110 of whom require ventilation. COVID-19 infections in Australia's Victoria state hovered near record levels on Friday as authorities stepped up the pace of vaccinations in hopes of easing restrictions with more than half the country's adult population fully...
