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Reuters reports that a former prime minister of the Cook Islands, Joseph Williams, has died of Covid-19 in Auckland, New Zealand’s health ministry said on Saturday, taking the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country to 24.
Williams, who was in his 80s, was a well known doctor as well as a politician and author, living in New Zealand. He was briefly prime minister of the Cook Islands in 1999 after having served as the South Pacific nation’s minister of health and education.
Queensland has recorded one new Covid-19 case on Saturday, the state’s premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. It is a known close contact of a previous case. There are now 26 active cases of the virus in Queensland.
Saturday, 5 September – coronavirus cases in Queensland:
• 1 new confirmed case
• 26 active cases
• 1,129 total confirmed cases
• 960,993 tests conducted
Sadly, six Queenslanders with COVID-19 have died. 1,089 patients have recovered.#covid19au pic.twitter.com/dCUABKE7xZ
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