Read the transcript of the press conference given by Dr Nick Coatsworth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, about coronavirus (COVID-19). NICK COATSWORTH: I can tell you today that there are 6613 cases of COVID-19 reported in Australia to date.
Tragically 71 Australians have lost their lives to COVID-19. Globally there are just over 2.4 million cases. In the Australian context, we have conducted over 424,000 tests for COVID-19 to date.
And most importantly, in the past 24 hours we have seen a further 26 cases, representing obviously a continued ongoing low level of reporting of cases, which demonstrates that the physical distancing measures that we have asked of Australians and Australians have really embraced are still paying dividends for