Associated Press
Australia’s COVID numbers surge amid Djokovic fallout
Australia saw another day of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on Thursday amid fears that changes to testing requirements could mask the full scale of the outbreak. The country reported 72,000 cases, up from 64,000 a day earlier, while hospitalizations jumped to 3,267 from 2,990 and patients in intensive care rose to 208 from 196. A double-vaccinated man in his 20s was among six deaths reported Thursday in Australia’s most populous state.
