Coronavirus live news: New curbs in Dublin as French cases and deaths jump again
by Nadeem Badshah (now) and Damien Gayle, Amy Walker, from on (#58947)
French cases at a record of more than 13,000; new restrictions on gatherings, business and travel in Irish capital
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12.20am BST
The Victorian government has released its daily update. The number of new cases in the past 24 hours was 21. That's a drop of more than half on yesterday's figure, which was 45 new cases.
There were seven deaths in the past 24 hours.
12.13am BST
#COVID19VicData: Yesterday there were 21 new cases reported and 7 lives lost. Our thoughts are with all affected. The 14 day rolling average & number of cases with unknown source is down from yesterday as we move toward COVID Normal.
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