NSW Health has recorded a record high 356 new COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 356 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/Ko6SrbuHMT
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 10, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 147 are linked to a known case or cluster – 119 are household contacts and 28 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 209 cases is under investigation.
102 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 40 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. 57 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 157 remains under investigation.
Four more people have died – all elderly. This brings the number of COVID-related deaths to 32 during the current outbreak.
There are currently 357 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 60 people in intensive care, 28 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s current outbreaks against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which saw Melbourne locked-down for 14 straight weeks:
Australia’s two biggest outbreaks compared.
At the same point in their outbreak, Victoria’s infections had already peaked.
There are now around 5,000 active COVID cases in NSW:
NSW still rising.
Based on this data, Sydney looks like matching Victoria’s 14 week lockdown.
