Good evening, it's Monday, March 21. Here's what happened today.
One thing to know: A two-year-old died from COVID-19 at Sydney hospital
Health authorities in NSW have confirmed a "previously well" two-year-old patient has died from COVID-19.
NSW Health said the child died at the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney's west.
The department said it would not provide any further information about the child.
"NSW Health asks everybody to please respect the privacy of this family during this most difficult time,” acting chief health officer Marianne Gale said.
"I express my heartfelt condolences to that family."
We heard a lot about: The deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three children
WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing.
Hannah Clarke's estranged husband blocked and intimidated a woman trying to extinguish the burning car containing the couple's three children, an inquest into the deaths has been told.
Ms Clarke, 31, her daughters Aaliyah, 6, and Laianah, 4, and her son, three-year-old Trey, died after her estranged husband Rowan Baxter jumped in their vehicle with a petrol can and set it on fire in a suburban Brisbane street in 2020.
A Queensland coroner is holding an inquest into the deaths and has heard evidence from those who tried to help the family after they were set on fire.
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One more thing: Fresh and frozen food prices will stay high for months
Families can expect to pay more for fresh and frozen food in coming weeks as the war in Ukraine and floods in New South Wales and Queensland continue to put pressure on suppliers.
Richies IGA chief executive Fred Harrison said the price of fresh broccoli had jumped to $7 a kilogram and that processors were "battling" to get frozen vegetables into supermarkets.
"Vegetables are very scarce at the moment due to the floods," he said.
"So we've seen cabbages, potatoes and broccoli in particular jump 75 per cent compared to a couple of weeks ago."
Fruit and vegetable prices are set to remain high for at least six months, Mr Harrison said, with frozen vegetable prices also set to rise.
That's it for now
We'll be back tomorrow with more news!
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