Following another rise in Australia's national coronavirus death toll, Tasmania and New South Wales say they're looking to ramp up testing.
A ninth person has died from coronavirus in Tasmania, lifting the national death toll to 77.
NSW on Friday also announced plans to ramp up its COVID-19 testing, with plans to check more than 8,000 people a day. "We want to see the number of tests go up above 8,000 a day. As we consider easing restrictions, we need to have more tests." Health Minister Jenny Mikakos confirmed there have been 14 known cases linked to the outbreak at the inpatient facility, which she did not name.
"We're doing very substantial things but we understand the explosive potential in enclosed facilities, as we've seen in hospitals and aged care facilities," he said.
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