Thanks for joining us. We're wrapping up the blog for the night.
Here's what you may have missed today:
A fourth resident has died from COVID-19 at Newmarch House aged care facility in western Sydney, as the facility's operator says it remains understaffed despite federal government assistance.
Desperate small businesses are being pushed to the edge of collapse as they try to cover monthly wage bills that have in some cases doubled as up to 1.7 million workers get a pay rise under the JobKeeper program.
- NRL teams will be allowed to have 20 players available for selection up to an hour before kick-off in case of last-minute withdrawals due to positive coronavirus tests under plans to relaunch the league season.
- There are now more than 2.6 million cases around the world, but Australia only had eight new cases on Thursday .
- One in 10 Australians say they expect to spend less money after the coronavirus shutdown ends, new research has revealed.
The Morrison government will not intervene in state bidding wars to rescue Virgin Australia as the troubled airline fields bids from investors and governments to help it recover from a financial collapse.
- The death toll in Australia is now 76.
Our coronavirus coverage will continue overnight and into Friday in a new blog, which you can read here.
Matt Bungard signing off.