Australia recorded a record number of deaths among cases COVID-19

A record number of deaths among patients with COVID-19 were recorded over the past day by Australian doctors. This was announced on August 17 by the press service of the Ministry of Health of the country. According to the agency, over the past 24 hours, 289 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in the country. The number of deaths among patients with COVID-19 disease was 25 people per day. A total of 23,576 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Australia, 14,080 people have recovered. 680 patients remain in hospitals, of which 47 people are in intensive care units. The total number of deaths from the consequences of COVID-19 disease was 421. In the country, 5.3 million tests for SARS-CoV-2 were carried out. The most difficult epidemiological situation is observed in Victoria, where 17,047 cases of coronavirus infection were detected, which is 70% of the total. Quarantine was declared in the region until September 13, curfew, masque regime and a number of other severe restrictions are observed. Earlier, the news agency reported on the suppression by police in Melbourne of a protest action against the restrictions imposed in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.