Australia's coronavirus death toll jumps by 17 with new fatalities in Victoria, NSW

Another 279 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Victoria since Saturday, a promising sign the crisis is slowing.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne. Source: AAP

Sixteen Victorians and one man in New South Wales have died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as the number of new cases being detected each day continues to fall.

There have now been 396 deaths from COVID-19 across Australia since the beginning of the pandemic. 

The Victorian fatalities include one woman and two men in their 70s, two women and four men in their 80s, and four women and three men in their 90s, Premier Daniel Andrews said on Sunday. Eleven of the new deaths are connected to aged care outbreaks.

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