Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown is set to be extended as surging cases in aged care, health facilities and workplaces force authorities to scramble for more support staff amid the establishment of a joint emergency centre to quell spiralling nursing home deaths.
A further 459 cases were recorded and a record 10 people died – including a 40-year-old – pushing the state's total from the pandemic to 71, nearly half the national death toll of 155.
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