16 million Australians under COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

More than 16 million Australians will spend the weekend under stay-at-home orders because of COVID-19 outbreaks in Victoria, New South Wales and southeast Queensland. A record 291 coronavirus cases were reported in New South Wales and another death from COVID-19, a patient at Liverpool hospital.

A general view of a quiet Edward Street is seen in Brisbane amid a COVID-19 lockdown on Friday, 6 August, 2021. Source: AAP