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Australia’s death toll from the coronavirus has risen to nine after the death of a 68-year-old man in Queensland.
Queensland Health on Wednesday confirmed the man’s death on the state’s Darling Downs.
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The man had a “serious underlying medical condition before contracting the virus“, the department said in a statement.
“Queensland Health offers its sincere condolences to his family.
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“The man’s family remains in isolation as close contacts.”
It is the second death in Queensland from the coronavirus after the death of a 77-year-old woman from the Sunshine Coast.
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