Australian Defence Force to Assist Victorian Virus Effort

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media to announce lifting of restrictions, Melbourne, Australia, May 11, 2020. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Defence members are expected to be sent to Melbourne to help Victorian efforts to contain a spike in COVID-19 cases that has led to Australia’s first death from the disease in a month.

A Victorian man in his 80s has died from coronavirus, bringing the national death tally to 103.