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New South Wales has detected 356 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says a signifcant number of the cases were infectious in the community
"We understand around a third of them had some exposure in the community during that time. Tragically, there were three deaths related to the Delta strain overnight or to 8pm last night and of course we extend our deepest heartfelt condolences to all the loved ones of those three patients."
They are a man in his 70s and a man and woman in their 80s.
None of them had been vaccinated.
Victoria has recorded 20 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19
All the cases are linked to known outbreaks and only five were in quarantine during their infectious period.
Queensland has detected three new cases which are all linked to a known cluster.
All three cases were in quarantine.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is hoping Australians will have no trouble completing the 2021 Census.
The national survey gives 10 million households and 25 million people a chance to shape their future.
A woman who made a criminal complaint of sexual assault against New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has spoken publicly about her allegations.
32 year old Brittany Commisso worked as an executive assistant to Governor Cuomo and alleges he assaulted her while they were alone in a room in the governor's mansion.
The 63 year old, who denies any wrongdoing, is facing the possibility of being impeached.
Brittany Commisso has told CBS Andrew Cuomo needs to be held to account.
"What he did to me was a crime. He broke the law. I believe that he groped me, he touched me, not only once but twice."
Law enforcement officials in Milan are investigating the source of an envelope containing three bullets addressed to the Pope.
Italian paramilitary police say the suspicious envelope, which had been sent from France, was intercepted by postal employees overnight at a mail sorting facility in a Milan suburb.
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has apologised for what he's called any weaknesses in the response to the devastating fire that's been burning for a week on the island of Evia.
The fire is the most severe of hundreds that have been burning in Greece during its worst heatwave in three decades where the temperature has reached 45 degrees.
And in AFL, Melbourne has returned to the top of the ladder, with a nine-point win against West Coast.
I'm Greg Dyett and this is SBS News in Easy English
