Australia's Victoria state reported a steady rise in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Monday as the state's near seven million population goes through a snap one-week lockdown, its sixth since the pandemic began.
Eleven new local cases were detected in Victoria, the same number as a day earlier, with all but one spending time in the community while infectious.
In Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, authorities reported four new local cases on Monday, the first day after the city came out of stay-home restrictions. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under fire for the sluggish rollout and an opinion poll by The Australian newspaper showed his public approval rating had hit its lowest level since the pandemic began.Morrison enjoyed high ratings early last year after Australia managed to keep its pandemic numbers relatively low. It has so far reported around 36,250 cases and 938 deaths.
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