Victoria Covid cases surge to new record as isolation rules change and NSW investigates new Delta strain

Victoria reports 1,965 new cases and five deaths as NSW records 580 cases and 11 deaths

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Victoria has set another record for daily Covid-19 case numbers, reporting 1,965 new locally acquired cases and five deaths, as the state removed its requirement for secondary close contacts to isolate.

A woman and four men were among the deaths. There are now 578 people in hospital with the virus, 117 people in intensive care and 83 on ventilators.