Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact - Esperance Express

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS * Victoria recorded six new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, dropping Melbourne's crucial 14-day case average to 9.9. * Two further deaths took Victoria's virus toll to 809 and the national figure to 897. * There are now 31 cases linked to the Butcher Club at Chadstone Shopping Centre, an increase of three since Tuesday. * More than 170 people in regional Victoria are self-isolating as part of efforts to contain the outbreak. * The Victorian government has agreed to abandon measures in its controversial COVID-19 omnibus bill after it failed to gain enough support in the upper house. * Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government was confident domestic borders would open by the end of the year, apart from Western Australia. * It came despite NSW likely reverting back to square one in its "border clock" with Queensland as three new infections snapped the state's 12-day run without community transmission. * NSW Health said that in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday three returned travellers in hotel quarantine were diagnosed positive. * NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian again urged her Queensland counterpart Annastacia Palaszczuk to reconsider its "unrealistic" 28-day border benchmark. * Queensland Health Minister Stephen Miles said it was too early to say if the 28-day countdown for the border reopening would have to be reset. * Queensland has given NSW 48 hours to determine the source of the infections, which were detected past 8pm on Wednesday and will feature in Thursday's figures. * Queensland recorded no new cases on Wednesday, with just seven active cases in the state. * Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said the federal government's expectation of an April border reopening was simply an assumption. * WA recorded one new case on Wednesday - a man in his 40s in hotel quarantine. * South Australia has had no new infections as it prepares to extend its Victorian border buffer zone from midnight on Wednesday. -- ECONOMY * Prime Minister Scott Morrison denies his government's budget hinges on a coronavirus vaccine being found next year, saying various tax cuts and business incentives will roll out regardless. * More than 11 million Australians are preparing to take home more of their pay after Tuesday's federal budget revealed tax cuts would be brought forward. -- KEY DATES * October 8 - South Australia's border buffer zone with Victoria will increase from 40km to 70km. * October 8 - Singapore will open to Australian travellers - except Victorians - subject to a COVID-19 test upon arrival. * October 12 - Melbourne primary school students to return to on-site learning. * October 26 - Tasmania's state of emergency due to expire. * November 1 - Queensland border reopened to NSW visitors subject to conditions being met. * November 2 - Regional Victoria residents allowed to travel to the Northern Territory if case numbers remain low. * November 6 - Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry report due. -- AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS * There were 10 new cases in Australia - six in Victoria, three in NSW and one in Western Australia. There were also two more deaths in Victoria. * The national death toll is 897: Victoria 809, NSW 55, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 6, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states.) -- GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS * Cases: at least 35,806,000 * Deaths: at least 1,049,000 * Recovered: at least 24,982,000 Data current as of 1800 AEDT October 7, taking in federal government and state/territory government updates, Worldometer and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre. Australian Associated Press

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

* Victoria recorded six new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, dropping Melbourne's crucial 14-day case average to 9.9.

* Two further deaths took Victoria's virus toll to 809 and the national figure to 897.

* There are now 31 cases linked to the Butcher Club at Chadstone Shopping Centre, an increase of three since Tuesday.

* More than 170 people in regional Victoria are self-isolating as part of efforts to contain the outbreak.

* The Victorian government has agreed to abandon measures in its controversial COVID-19 omnibus bill after it failed to gain enough support in the upper house.

* Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government was confident domestic borders would open by the end of the year, apart from Western Australia.

* It came despite NSW likely reverting back to square one in its "border clock" with Queensland as three new infections snapped the state's 12-day run without community transmission.

* NSW Health said that in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday three returned travellers in hotel quarantine were diagnosed positive.

* NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian again urged her Queensland counterpart Annastacia Palaszczuk to reconsider its "unrealistic" 28-day border benchmark.

* Queensland Health Minister Stephen Miles said it was too early to say if the 28-day countdown for the border reopening would have to be reset.

* Queensland has given NSW 48 hours to determine the source of the infections, which were detected past 8pm on Wednesday and will feature in Thursday's figures.

* Queensland recorded no new cases on Wednesday, with just seven active cases in the state.

* Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said the federal government's expectation of an April border reopening was simply an assumption.

* WA recorded one new case on Wednesday - a man in his 40s in hotel quarantine.

* South Australia has had no new infections as it prepares to extend its Victorian border buffer zone from midnight on Wednesday.

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison denies his government's budget hinges on a coronavirus vaccine being found next year, saying various tax cuts and business incentives will roll out regardless.

* More than 11 million Australians are preparing to take home more of their pay after Tuesday's federal budget revealed tax cuts would be brought forward.

* October 8 - South Australia's border buffer zone with Victoria will increase from 40km to 70km.

* October 8 - Singapore will open to Australian travellers - except Victorians - subject to a COVID-19 test upon arrival.

* October 12 - Melbourne primary school students to return to on-site learning.

* October 26 - Tasmania's state of emergency due to expire.

* November 1 - Queensland border reopened to NSW visitors subject to conditions being met.

* November 2 - Regional Victoria residents allowed to travel to the Northern Territory if case numbers remain low.

* November 6 - Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry report due.

AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS

* There were 10 new cases in Australia - six in Victoria, three in NSW and one in Western Australia. There were also two more deaths in Victoria.

* The national death toll is 897: Victoria 809, NSW 55, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 6, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states.)

GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS

* Cases: at least 35,806,000

* Deaths: at least 1,049,000

* Recovered: at least 24,982,000

Data current as of 1800 AEDT October 7, taking in federal government and state/territory government updates, Worldometer and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre.

Australian Associated Press

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