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Australia's coronavirus death toll rises after 'reclassification' as Sydney school closes due to positive test

The number of coronavirus fatalities in NSW has climbed to 51, after an 85-year-old man's cause of death was reclassified to be due to COVID-19.

Key points:
It is not known how the student contracted the virus
It is the fourth COVID-19 case at a school in Sydney in the past month
Students returned to campuses around NSW last month after a period of remote learning
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the man died on April 27 at the Opal Bankstown aged-care facility.

"The clinical treating doctor diagnosed COVID as contributing, so in accordance with the national guidelines, we've included that as a death and that has been updated," Dr Chant said.


Read more:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-25/sydney-school-closes-year-2-student-tests-positive-coronavirus/12390466

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