World 76.6 million US 18 million Turkey 2 million UK 2 million
30 more people in Sydney have tested positive in the past 24 hours. The Victorian Government is closing the NSW border to Sydney residents and those on the Central NSW Coast tonight with tougher restrictions also announced in Sydney.
We have good leadership and a pro-active approach to managing outbreaks here in Australia. Despite the issues with hotel quarantine, and the current uncertainty around this recent outbreak in Sydney, we are incredibly lucky to be in the position we are.
The US now has recorded 18 million cases, and the UK and Turkey have had over 2 million each.
With more cases are being diagnosed in the Northern Beaches outbreak, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been cancelled for the first time in its 76-year history.