NSW Health has recorded another 753 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 753 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/S1yMf7bHD2
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 24, 2021
Of these locally acquired cases, 134 are linked to a known case or cluster – 108 are household contacts and 26 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 619 cases is under investigation.
73 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 22 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Forty-nine cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 609 cases remains under investigation.
608 people are in NSW hospitals being treated for COVID with 107 in ICU.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which shut Melbourne down for 14 weeks:
There are now around 11,500 active recorded local COVID cases in NSW:
Hopefully NSW’s outbreak is nearing its peak.