Coronavirus Australia live: Daniel Andrews urged to open up state

The Victorian Premier is being urged to reopen and stop "even more irreparable damage " after it recorded just 14 new cases yesterday.  

Senior federal politicians have urged the Victorian government to open the state back up after it saw only 14 new coronavirus cases recorded yesterday.

Premier Daniel Andrews said the low numbers were "cause for great optimism" but that the focus should remain on the "health side" rather than rebooting the economy for now.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told The Australian that "the sooner the Victorian economy is opened up, the better" so that life can return to normal for the state.

Assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar echoed this, telling the newspaper: “Now is the time to significantly ease restrictions before even more irreparable damage is done to Victoria.’’

Victoria's tally was its lowest daily count in  three months and it recorded a death toll of  five people. 

The last time the state announced fewer cases was on June 19, when 13 new cases were diagnosed. 

On Sunday, protesters at an anti-lock down rally in Melbourne began singing John Farnham's iconic rock ballad You're the Voice mid-protest.

Taking place in front of a Coles at Chadstone's shopping centre, the small turnout was quickly dispersed by police who made two arrests and issued six fines.

NSW recorded just two new cases from 13,635 tests - one is a taxi driver who is believed to have contracted the virus from Liverpool Hospital and the other is an returned overseas traveller in hotel quarantine.

A man in his 70s has died in Royal North Shore Hospital on Saturday after contracting the virus from a Sydney CBD cluster, the state's first death in five weeks. 

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