Rate of virus infections slowing, PM says

The rate of coronavirus infections across Australia is slowing but Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes it is still at a strong level.

Announcing a new $1.1 billion health package to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, Mr Morrison said a week ago the rate of virus infections had increased to 25 to 30 per cent a day.

In the past few days, it has slowed to about 13-15 per cent.

"They are still strong rates of increase, there's no doubt about that," the prime minister said on Sunday.

"But as we take the measures that we have been taking and put them in place and we have the co-operation from the Australian people, then that obviously in turn that has an impact on how we are managing the spread of the virus," he said.