NSW Health has reported another 882 locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 882 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/HPMmojjrc9
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) August 27, 2021
Two more people died of COVID – a man in his 60s and a man in his 90s. There have been 81 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021.
There are currently 767 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 117 people in intensive care, 47 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which shut down Melbourne for 14 consecutive weeks:
Bad numbers.
There are now around 13,800 active COVID cases recorded across NSW with numbers still growing quickly:
Out of control.
Have a safe weekend.
