PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD: Good afternoon everybody, my name is Professor Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer here at the Department of Health in Canberra.
Here is the national update as of 12 noon.Today, we've passed another national milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with over 10,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Today, we are reporting that 10,251 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. This is in the context of the global pandemic where over 13 million people have been reported as being diagnosed with COVID-19, and with over 571,000 deaths having been reported right around the world.284 people have been diagnosed as new cases of COVID-19 in Australia in the past 24 hours; 270 of.