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State-wide lockdown starts in New South Wales

Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Source: AAP

With New south Wales under the tightest state-wide restrictions it's ever seen, case numbers keep rising. Over 400 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths have been recorded in the state.



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