NSW records a record high 179 COVID cases

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NSW Health has recorded a record high 179 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:

Of these 172 locally acquired cases, 85 are linked to a known case or cluster – 66 are household contacts and 19 are close contacts – the source of infection for 87 cases is under investigation.

65 of these locally acquired cases are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 54 are from Western Sydney LHD, 27 are from Sydney LHD, 12 are from Northern Sydney LHD, 11 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD.

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There are currently 169 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 46 people in intensive care, 19 of whom require ventilation.

The next chart tracks NSW’s current outbreak with Victoria’s Winter-Spring outbreak last year:

New COVID infections

Australia’s two biggest COVID outbreaks compared.

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If NSW follows Victoria’s trajectory, new virus cases won’t peak for another 12 days.

NSW now has over 2,100 active local COVID cases and are still a long way from peaking:

Active COVID cases

NSW still a long way from peaking.

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Hopefully the weekend’s protests won’t worsen the situation.

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.