NSW records 97 new COVID cases

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NSW Health has recorded 97 new local COVID cases over the past 24 hours:

Of the 97 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 70 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 14 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, five are from Sydney LHD, four are from Western Sydney LHD, two are from Northern Sydney LHD and two are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD.

NSW now has around 800 active local COVID cases:

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NSW covid cases

Still rising fast.

As shown in the next chart, NSW’s cases continue to grow at a slower rate than Victoria’s at the same time during its Winter-Spring outbreak last year:

NSW vs VIC Covid cases

Victoria’s outbreak much worse.

Accordingly, total active cases in NSW are lagging behind Victoria’s at the same point in time:

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NSW vs VIC Covid

NSW lagging behind Victoria.

About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.