An escalating COVID outbreak in Queensland, with 13 new cases, 10 of which are in children aged under 10.

Another 170 coronavirus cases in Sydney as soldiers prepare to enforce stay-at-home orders;

New South Wales records its highest daily COVID case numbers, for the entire pandemic;

Sydney posts yet another record number of COVID cases;

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South Wales records its highest number of new daily infections for another day;

There's been official confirmation today two more people have died after receiving Astra Zeneca vaccine;

The Delta variant continues its march with lockdowns in three states and regional New South Wales drawn into the fight;

Victoria and New South Wales try to contain Delta, while other states are also recording cases. The first major independent study into COVID deaths in aged care in Victoria has been conducted. And the US and other nations point the finger at China for a large scale computer sabotage campaign.