NSW Health has recorded another 291 new locally acquired COVID infections:
NSW recorded 291 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/pSkPsT1PNx
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 6, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 120 are linked to a known case or cluster – 95 are household contacts and 25 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 171 cases is under investigation.
91 were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 48 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. 48 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 104 cases remains under investigation.
A women in her 60s died, taking total deaths from this outbreak to 22.
There are currently 304 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 50 people in intensive care, 22 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s current outbreak against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak, which shut Melbourne down for 14 weeks:
Australia’s two biggest COVID outbreaks compared.
At the same point last year, Victoria’s COVID infections didn’t peak for two more days.
NSW now has around 3900 active local infections, which are still yet to peak:
Still yet to peak.
It’s another long, dark winter.
