Last week, Australia set a world record.
But this has nothing to do with engineering feats or sporting achievements, but rather a world record we’d rather not see.
According to global data, Australia has The highest per capita rate of COVID-19 infection in The world (if you ignore The tiny islands of Montserrat, Anguilla, and The Falklands).
On Friday, 54,591 cases of COVID-19 were reported across Australia, following two consecutive days of about 58,000 cases. Western Australia is also dealing with a record high number of COVID-19 infections.
Saturday’s number of confirmed cases took the official seven-day average to more than 48,000, putting Australia behind Only Germany and the United States in the one-day total.
Coronavirus cases’ set to increase ‘
As Professor Baxter says, the new Ormykia variant in Australia could complicate matters.
Experts say these variants of the virus could reinfect people with the coronavirus, leading to a resurgence of cases as seen in South Africa and parts of the United States.
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