NSW Health has reported another 1029 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 1,029 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Of these locally acquired cases, 185 are linked to a known case or cluster – 160 are household contacts and 25 are close contacts – source of infection for 844 cases under investigation pic.twitter.com/6VcaKAXjno
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 26, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 185 are linked to a known case or cluster – 160 are household contacts and 25 are close contacts – source of infection for 844 cases under investigation.
91 were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 33 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. 61 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 844 cases remains under investigation.
Three more people died of COVID – a man in his 30s, a man in his 60s, and a man in his 80s. This brings the number of COVID-related deaths to 79 since 16 June 2021.
698 people are being treated in Sydney hospitals for COVID 116 of whom are in ICU.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases, which dwarf Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year that saw Melbourne shut down for 14 weeks:
Another day, another record.
There are now more than 13,000 active local COVID cases recorded across NSW:
Explosive growth.
The nightmare continues.
