Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday.

A woman in her 90s died in the state of New South Wales, which is battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.

New South Wales reported a 2021 record of 77 new infections on Sunday, and State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the number of cases in and around the country's biggest city Sydney, which is in a three-week lockdown, is expected to rise further in the coming days.