NSW Health has just reported another 145 locally acquired COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 145 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/TUUIDvd6SP
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 26, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 66 are linked to a known case or cluster, 57 are household contacts and nine are close contacts – and the source of infection for 79 cases is under investigation.
Fifty-eight cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 25 cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Fifty-one cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 11 cases remains under investigation.
Eight COVID deaths have been recorded this outbreak, which includes the women in her 30s who died over the weekend.
There are currently 156 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 44 people in intensive care, 18 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart compares NSW’s latest outbreak to Victoria’s Winter-Spring outbreak last year:
Australia’s two biggest COVID outbreaks compared.
If NSW follows Victoria’s trajectory, it could take another two weeks for daily COVID cases to peak.
NSW’s total active COVID cases are approaching 2,000 with the peak also nowhere in sight:
Nowhere near peak.
Hopefully the weekend’s wild protests in Sydney don’t cause an explosion in cases.
