### [2021-08-30](/feed/2021/08/30/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Australia surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. 

A man in his 50s is reportedly Australia’s first Indigenous person to have died as a result of Covid-19, as the number of deaths caused by the pandemic surpasses 1000 across Australia.


### Sources:

1. [News.com.au](https://www.news.com.au/national/covid19-deaths-in-australia-pass-1000-as-nsw-delta-outbreak-worsens/news-story/8dae0c458bcf9e87f0b90d73ac842c4f) [Image](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/90b13835a85ea72bfddf43f6b167543b)

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