Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said all six deaths were connected with aged care facilities
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A record high six Covid-19 deaths occurred overnight in Victoria, with all of them connected with aged care facilities, as national cabinet met to discuss the growing crisis in the sector on Friday morning.
A further 300 new cases of the virus were announced by the state’s premier, Daniel Andrews, with just 51 of those connected to known outbreaks. The remainder are under investigation by the public health team. There are 206 Victorians in hospital, 41 of them in intensive care.
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