Australia's coronavirus death toll surges on aged care fatalities

An Australian state reported a record 59 deaths on Friday, the highest ever daily total for the country, including previously unrecorded fatalities in aged care homes over the past several weeks. The increase fatalities in Victoria state pushed the country's death toll to 737 as the national cabinet - made up of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state and territory leaders - met to thrash out differences over internal border closures. The Victorian capital of Melbourne has been responsible for the bulk of recent COVID-19 cases under Australia's second wave of infections.