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Alex Mitchell

Deaths from virus spike amid call for calm

There has been a rise in deaths from COVID in Australia but case numbers are falling, data shows. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Experts insist there is no need to panic as Australian COVID-19 deaths spike despite case numbers appearing to drop.

Deaths in Victoria and New South Wales increased by 39 and 45 respectively week-on-week, despite sizeable drops in cases.

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