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Published 25 Jun, 2020 12:49pm

Australia posts biggest one-day rise in coronavirus cases in two months

Australia’s second most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a coronavirus testing blitz as the country recorded the biggest daily rise in cases in two months.

Victoria state said 33 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, marking nine days of double digit new cases in the state. It has around 200 current cases out of a country total of 270.

Desperate to contain the outbreak, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said authorities are beginning a testing blitz across the 10 most affected suburbs.

“We have ambulances and other vans that will literally be at the end of people’s streets,” Reuters quoted Andrews as saying.

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