Conservative Party attacks ‘unelected’ Chris Whitty over calls for Britons to scale back Christmas plans

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The Australian state of New South Wales recorded 1,742 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, its highest daily total since the pandemic began.

Hospitals were also across the state. There were 192 coronavirus patients in NSW hospitals on Thursday, up from 166 the day before. Of those, 26 were in intensive care.

The previous peak of new infections in a single day in Australia’s most populous state was 1,599 on September 11.

Yesterday, state Health Secretary Brad Hazzard said cases are doubling every two to three days. Modeling at the University of New South Wales expects up to 25,000 cases per day by the end of January.

Dr Jeremy McCanulty of New South Wales Health said the growing number of cases in the Australian city of Newcastle should prompt people to “seriously think” about putting off their Christmas plans.

“Many places and events have now seen transmission of Covid-19, and New South Wales Health is once again asking everyone across the community to continue to be particularly vigilant and practice Covid-safe behaviours,” said Dr. McNulty.

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