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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said 322 new cases were diagnosed in the last 24 and 19 people had died.

Mr Andrews said 14 of the 19 deaths were linked to the aged care outbreak.

He said the seven women and one man in their 90s had died, six women and one man in their 80s had died and two men in their 70s had died.

In addition, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 50s had died.

11 NSW residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state was still in high alert and was half way through a very critical period.

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Victoria has reported a record number of COVID-19 related deaths after 19 people died in the past 24 hours.

It's the third time in recent weeks a new 'deadliest day' has been recorded.

Yesterday, the government announced 17 people had died, which was at the time a new record.

The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services revealed this morning 322 new cases of COVID-19 had been detected in the state in the last 24 hours.

It comes after the department listed an Indigo Shire resident as having an active case of coronavirus.

The Victorian Department of Health and Human Service's daily update on Sunday, August 9, recorded one active case for the North East local government area.

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The department has not clarified if the resident is currently in Indigo Shire or if they simply had an Indigo Shire address listed despite being elsewhere.

Previously the department has refused to clarify where cases were located despite attributing them to regional areas, leaving communities exasperated.

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said the department could not comment on individual cases.

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