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Australia’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 77 as a woman in Tasmania dies in hospital
A ninth person to die from coronavirus in Tasmania is an elderly woman who was being cared for at a hospital in the state’s north.
The 79-year-old died in the Launceston General Hospital, Premier Peter Gutwein said on Friday morning.
‘To the woman’s family, friends, and loved ones – I’m sorry. I extend our condolences and sympathies to you all,’ he said.
The death has lifted the national COVID-19 death toll to 77.
There have been 6,672 coronavirus cases diagnosed in Australia as of Friday morning and the death toll rose to 77 after a woman in Tasmania died
Mr Gutwein announced that tough retail restrictions in the state’s northwest, where an outbreak has shut two hospitals, would be extended for another week.
The constraints will now be in place until at least May 3.
It also mean schools in the northwest will be closed for the first four days of term two, which will resume elsewhere on April 28.
‘It’s not a decision that is taken lightly. I know many in the northwest will be unhappy about this,’ Mr Gutwein said.
‘But we need to get on top of this. We need to stamp this out. We need to crush this virus.’
There have been 205 confirmed virus cases in Tasmania, with 130 of those in the northwest.
For the first time this month, the state on Thursday recorded no new virus cases.
There have been 6,672 coronavirus cases diagnosed in Australia as of Friday morning.
New South Wales has had the most cases at 2,982 diagnoses.
A total of 5,101 people have recovered from the pandemic since they were diagnosed.
More to come.
Source: Daily Mail australia
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