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Australia's death toll from the coronavirus has risen to nine after the death of a 68-year-old man in Queensland. Queensland Health on Wednesday confirmed the man's death on the state's Darling Downs. The man had a "serious underlying medical condition before contracting the virus", the department said in a statement. "Queensland Health offers its sincere condolences to his family. "The man's family remains in isolation as close contacts." It is the second death in Queensland from the coronavirus after the death of a 77-year-old woman from the Sunshine Coast. We have removed our paywall from our stories about the coronavirus. This is a rapidly changing situation and we want to make sure our readers are as informed as possible. If you're looking to stay up to date on COVID-19, you can also sign up for our twice-daily digest here. If you would like to support our journalists you can subscribe here.

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