Australia’s New South Wales reports rise in local COVID-19 cases to 1,022

A police officer interacts with a man at Sydney Park on September 18, 2021, following calls for an anti-lockdown protest rally amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

SYDNEY: Australia’s New South Wales state, the epicenter of the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, reported 1,022 locally acquired cases on Tuesday, up from 935 a day earlier.
Ten new deaths were recorded in the state, taking the total number of fatalities in the latest outbreak to 255.