NSW loses control, recording 633 COVID cases

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NSW Health has recorded another 633 local COVID cases over the past 24 hours:

Of these locally acquired cases, 158 are linked to a known case or cluster – 145 are household contacts and 13 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 475 cases is under investigation.

94 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 30 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. 62 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 447 cases remains under investigation.

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Three elderly people died, taking the number of COVID-related deaths to 60 since 16 June 2021.

462 people are in hospital suffering from COVID with 77 in ICU.

The next chart plots NSW’s current outbreak against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which saw Melbourne shut for 14 weeks:

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Local covid cases

NSW out of control.

NSW’s active cases have now surpassed 8000 and has become the nation’s biggest COVID outbreak:

Active COVID cases

NSW takes mantle from Victoria.

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The virus is clearly out of control in NSW with daily cases likely to hit 1,000 soon.

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.