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Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria has experienced another record-breaking daily increase in COVID-19 cases and related deaths, making it the country’s deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic.
The state recorded 725 new virus cases and 15 COVID-19-related deaths, including a man aged in his 30s - Australia’s youngest coronavirus victim - Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said on Wednesday. Both figures mark the worst day of the pandemic for the state, as well as nationally, since the pandemic started.  
The death toll from the virus in Victoria is now 162, while it is 247 nationally. Most of the new cases and deaths overnight were in Victoria’s capital city Melbourne.
For more than a month, Victoria has consistently recorded triple-digit daily case numbers amid a second wave that broke out in Melbourne in late June. The state’s previous record was 723 new cases on July 30.
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06/08/2020
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