NSW Health has recorded another 452 new local COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 452 new locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/V8iZFFHJFd
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 17, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 129 are linked to a known case or cluster – 105 are household contacts and 24 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 323 cases is under investigation.
101 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 24 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Thirty cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 297 cases remains under investigation.
A women in her 70s died of COVID bringing the number of COVID-related deaths to 57 since 16 June.
There are currently 447 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 69 people in intensive care, 24 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which saw Melbourne shut down for 14 straight weeks:
NSW COVID infections still rising.
NSW’s active local COVID cases have surpassed 7400, with the state’s outbreak soon to become the nation’s worst:
NSW about to become nation’s worst outbreak.
The nightmare continues…
