Australia Covid live update: NSW records 78 new cases; Victoria extends lockdown after 13 cases; SA announces shutdown after two cases

NSW records 78 local cases; South Australia lockdown to last seven days; Victoria records 13 local cases overnight; Queensland records one local case

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Not a heap more of interest came out of that South Australian update, other than a slightly eyebrow-raising number of tests yesterday (7,500) that health authorities are expecting to climb significantly today, following that news there are five cases of the Delta variant in the state.

The test result turnaround for the cases yesterday was 12-24 hours.

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Source: The Guardian