Australia reports its lowest daily coronavirus cases in more than three months

Australia reported on Monday its lowest daily increase in new coronavirus infections in more than three months, but authorities in the nation’s virus hotspot of Victoria said they could not hasten the easing of curbs.

“This light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer every day,” Nick Coatsworth, the chief deputy medical officer told reporters in Canberra, the capital.

The bulk of the new cases once again came from southeastern Victoria state, the epicentre of Australia’s second wave of infections, where 11 people tested positive over the last day, down from a daily record of 725 in early August.