Melbourne locks down a million workers
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The Australian city of Melbourne has brought in drastic lockdown measures to combat a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases
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NEW CASES PER DAY
(left scale)

AUSTRALIA

800
600
400
200
0
 Mar 2020 Apr May Jun Jul Aug 

Melbourne
VICTORIA
Deaths: 136
Recovered: 5,111
Tests: 1,653,712

Shops, factories and non- essential businesses closed

Jul 9: Lockdown begins

Aug 2: Melbourne city moves
to Stage 4 restrictions. People allowed to leave home only for work, essential health reasons, or shopping for necessary goods. Curfew from 8pm-5am

Aug 5: Regional Victoria moves to Stage 3 restrictions – Stay at Home rules apply

CUMULATIVE CASES
  (right scale)
      
11,937
2,315 
1,665
1,375 
1,018
9

10,000
5,000
0


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Sources: Victoria State Government, BBC Data as of 21.30GMT, Aug 2 © GRAPHIC NEWS