Australia's COVID-19 toll rises to 16

The number of Australian people who have died after contracting COVID-19 has now reached 16, following the death of two more people overnight.

A man aged in his 80s died of coronavirus in hospital, taking Victoria's death toll to four.

In Queensland, a 75-year-old woman who had been a passenger on the Ruby Princess cruise ship that docked in Sydney has died, taking the state's toll to two.

New Zealand has recorded its first death from the virus.