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Midday bulletin 6 August 2021

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New South Wales records 291 new local cases of COVID-19 and another death, Queensland detects 10 new cases of coronavirus, all linked to a known cluster and in the Tokyo Olympics, Australia takes on the US today in the women's beach volleyball gold medal match.



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