0:00 - There are 16 new cases of coronavirus in Victoria over the past 24 hours. The state's Health Minster and Chief Health Officer have just held a news conference as the state grapples with a spike in COVID-19 cases.
4:20 - The situation in Victoria is worrying the premiers of other states which have far fewer reported cases. In New South Wales there have been 2 new cases, while in Queensland there has been none.
6: 48 - Let's stay with the worsening situation in Victoria and particularly in Melbourne where there's advice for people in 6 parts of Melbourne to stay at home. The host of the Health Report on RN and coronacast podcast Dr Norman Swan has more.
10:59 - Brazil's health ministry has confirmed that the number of coronavirus deaths in the country has passed 50,000.
It's the second highest death toll from COVID-19 in the world after the United States.
More than a million cases of the disease have been recorded in Brazil, but it's believed the real figure is much higher because of a lack of widespread testing.
11:20 - The all-important reproduction rate for COVID-19 infections in Germany has risen to nearly 2.9.
The number which represents how many others one confirmed case will infect - jumped by more than one point in a day.
The rising case numbers reflect a number of outbreaks across the country - the largest being at an abattoir in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
More than 1,300 infections have now been detected there.
Authorities are refusing to impose a lockdown - saying the cases are confined to the meat-workers and their families.
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