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The Victorian Covid-19 case numbers are in: 17 people have died in the state, five people are on ventilators, 38 are in ICU and 274 people are in hospital.

Queensland’s Assistant Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Services Andrew Short is also telling people to stay out of flood waters.

We would just ask people to stay home, stay safe, today is not the time to be doing disaster tourism or storm tourism, just to see what’s out there. Certainly not the day to be going out on the roads and driving through floodwaters and certainly not the day to have your kids outside, playing in the stormwater on surfboards, in drains and such such.

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Source: The Guardian