Australia reaches record COVID-19 deaths

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Australia reported a record number of COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday as the country battles the omicron variant.

The country reported 78 deaths, up from its high of 57 deaths on Jan. 13, according to Australia’s COVID-19 data. This comes as the nation’s daily COVID-19 case report, 72,860 on Tuesday, has slowed down from its high of 175,271 on Jan. 12.

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