127 New Virus Cases as Vic Border Closed

Food is delivered to the Flemington Towers Government Housing complex in Melbourne, Australia on July 6, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Victoria is shut off from the rest of the country as a record number of COVID-19 cases prompted NSW to shut their border.

NSW had been the last state to allow an open border with Victoria, which reached a grim milestone on July 6, including two new deaths in 24 hours.