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Both New South Wales and Victoria have recorded substantial rises in COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

In NSW, 15,334 people tested positive to the virus.

Eleven people died and 1584 people are in hospital. Seventy people are in the intensive care unit.

Yesterday the state recorded 13,468 COVID-19 cases and eight deaths with the virus.

In Victoria, 10,293 have tested positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, up from yesterday’s figure of 9597.

Twelve people died with the virus.

Only one death was reported in yesterday’s figures.