Coronavirus Australia live updates: More restrictions coming 'sooner rather than later'

A professor of intensive care has warned Australians "you will have blood on your hands" if you fail to self-isolate and spread the disease.

A professor of intensive care medicine has warned Australians "you will have blood on your hands" if you fail to self-isolate and spread the disease.

 

Speaking on ABC's 7.30 program, Professor Hugh Montgomery said the "massive rise" in confirmed cases in Australia will be followed "some time six to 10 days down the pipeline by the same exponential rise in hospital cases and intensive care cases. We're hitting that about now."

Meanwhile, ABC's Insiders host David Speers has said the government will likely be moving to stage three restrictions in the future.  

It comes as Western Australia recorded its second coronavirus death, bringing the national death toll to 13.

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As states and territories closed their borders for the first time in a century, NSW, Victoria and the ACT yesterday warned residents to brace for even more job losses under tougher measures that will shut down a broader range of businesses and further restrict social movement, with Canberra's leader promising only that "we will keep the power on, and the water running".

More than 2800 cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed across Australia with 1219 in New South Wales, 520 in Victoria, 493 in Queensland, 231 in Western Australia, 235 in South Australia, 53 in the ACT, 42 in Tasmania and eight in the Northern Territory.

Thirteen people have died – two in WA, seven in NSW, one in Queensland and three in Victoria.

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