Australia's Sydney sees slight drop in COVID daily cases with 2 deaths recorded

SYDNEY (Xinhua) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales on Sunday saw a slight drop in the daily increase of local COVID-19 cases with two new deaths recorded.    
    
 According to the state health department, 141 new locally acquired cases were recorded in the 24 hours to 8:00 p.m. Saturday night, out from a record of 102,233 coronavirus tests reported during the same period.    
    
 The state also recorded two COVID-related deaths including a woman in her late 30s and a woman in her 70s, both with no pre-existing conditions, which made the total death number in the state during the current outbreak to eight.    
    
 At the same time, there are currently 141 people in hospital from COVID-19, among which 60 people are under the age of 55 and 28 people are under the age of 35.    
 "If anybody thinks this is a disease just affecting older people, please think again," said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.    
    
 As for the anti-lockdown protest in Sydney on Saturday, NSW Police Force said on Sunday that two men have been charged with allegedly striking a police horse. Officers attached to the Strike Force have also been working throughout the night to identify those involved in the protest and further arrests are expected to be made.    
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