Tasmania Medicos in Lockdown to Stem Outbreak

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 18: People pass signs for a COVID -19 Clinic at St Vincent's hospital on March 18, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

A fourth death and an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Tasmania’s north west has prompted “extraordinary” measures by health authorities.

Ten of 11 new cases confirmed since April 9 are linked to Burnie’s North West Regional Hospital or the North West Private Hospital, where an elderly man died on Friday.