Tasmania has recorded its seventh coronavirus death, taking the national COVID-19 toll to 64.
The 71-year-old man died on Friday morning at the Mersey Community Hospital at Latrobe in the state's northwest.
Speaking to Triple M Hobart, Mr Morrison said it was an example of why more rigorous contact tracing was needed. Authorities are testing all residents and staff at Melaleuca Nursing Home in East Devonport, Eliza Purton Home for the Aged in Ulverstone and Coroneagh Park in Penguin. Authorities are bracing for an increase in the number of coronavirus cases linked to a western Sydney aged care home after a worker attended the facility for six consecutive days with mild symptoms and later tested positive.Meanwhile, NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant says 29 people connected to Anglicare's Newmarch House in Caddens have been confirmed to have COVID-19, with testing being ramped up at the facility.
She reiterated aged care workers needed to take particular care because COVID-19 was extremely infectious in institutional settings such as nursing homes.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tasmania confirms seventh coronavirus deathA 72-year-old man has died from coronavirus in Tasmania's north-west, taking the state's death toll to seven.
Read more »
Coronavirus updates: Virus' mental health tollLockdown laws are having a major impact on Australians mental health, with a new survey this morning showing 57% of the population are experiencing more stress. 9News READ MORE:
Read more »
Coronavirus Australia live blogScott Morrison has accused a Tasmania aged care worker of being dishonest with authorities following an outbreak of the coronavirus in Tasmania's north-west.
Read more »
All the virus news from the past 24 hoursThere are more than 6400 confirmed coronavirus cases in Australia, with the death toll standing at 63 after another former Ruby Princess passenger, a woman in her 60s, died in Canberra yesterday.
Read more »
Doctors should make the call on who goes to school and whenWhile Britain and the United States are reeling from a combined 40,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, Australia is paralysed over something as elementary as who should go to school.
Read more »