NSW Health has recorded another 177 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 177 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/UPgvzflhFm
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 28, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 74 are linked to a known case or cluster – 60 are household contacts and 14 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 103 cases is under investigation.
47 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 22 cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. 46 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 62 cases remains under investigation.
A women in her 90s died of COVID, taking total deaths this outbreak to 11.
165 COVID-infected people are in hospital with 56 in ICU.
The next chart plots NSW’s current outbreak against Victoria’s Winter-Spring outbreak last year, which saw Melbourne shut down for 14 weeks:
Australia’s two biggest COVID outbreaks compared.
Judging by Melbourne’s virus trajectory, NSW daily case numbers probably won’t peak for at least another week.
NSW now has nearly 2,200 active local COVID infections:
Still a long way from peak.
Today, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that she will extend Sydney’s lockdown for at least another month. Six weeks looks more likely.
