Australia Covid news live update: NSW records 23,131 cases and two deaths as hospitalisations top 1,300; Victoria cases surge to 14,020 with two deaths
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A key figure in South Australia’s response to Covid has tested positive to the virus this morning.
Police commissioner Grant Stevens is the state’s emergency coordinator during the pandemic. After waking up yesterday with a sore throat he is now isolating at home.
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