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Australia’s New South Wales state reports one new COVID-19 case

FILE PHOTO: A police officer watches an entrance to a
FILE PHOTO: A police officer watches an entrance to a quarantine hotel in Sydney

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales reported one locally acquired case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, a day after the state reported its first infection in more than a month.

A man in his 50s tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and authorities said his wife has also contracted the virus.

(Reporting by Renju Jose; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)