Italy registers 550 more deaths; record daily cases in Germany, Sweden and Russia – as it happened

Italy also registers 40,000 new infections; Germany records 23,542 new cases; Russia reports its worst day for new infections; Sweden's hits daily record. This blog is now closed

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12.21am GMT

NSW has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 caught in the state, but there has been four positive tests reported on Saturday from people currently in hotel quarantine.

No cases of locally acquired #COVID19 were diagnosed in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Four cases were reported in overseas travellers in hotel quarantine, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 4,297 since the start of the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/BxaIsb7GWm

Fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been detected in samples taken on Wednesday 11 November from the sewerage system that drains parts of Quakers Hill, Castle Hill, Annangrove, Kellyville, Box Hill, Kenthurst, Glenhaven, The Ponds, Rouse Hill, North Kellyville, Kellyville Ridge, Beaumont Hills, Stanhope Gardens, Baulkham Hills, Glenwood, Bella Vista, Parklea, Acacia Gardens and Norwest.