Australia news live update: NSW child aged under five dies with Covid on state’s deadliest day; more than 5,000 in hospital have the virus, PM says

Scott Morrison says 5,097 people in Australian hospitals have Covid; NSW records 20,293 new cases and 18 deaths; Victoria reports 34,808 cases and two deaths, Queensland 9,581 cases, SA 4,024 cases, ACT 938, NT 404, WA three; Mark McGowan says federal government has not met vaccine commitments for WA. Follow all the day's news live

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In many parts of the country hospitals are under stress, as more patients turn up for treatment and many staff are required to be absent because of Covid.

As we reported, these hospitals range from the very large - such as Melbourne's Alfred hospital or the much smaller, including Byron Central hospital in northern NSW.