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Health
By Bridget Judd, Sophie Meixner and Lucy Sweeney

Death toll rises to 21 but curve is flattening for 'long haul', Australia told

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says Australia's coronavirus infection curve is flattening, with the nation told to think in terms of a long haul rather than a sudden peak.

The death of a COVID-19 patient at Orange, in Central West NSW, brought the national death toll to 21 this afternoon.

Look back on Wednesday as it unfolded.

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