NSW records 1405 COVID cases

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NSW Health has recorded another 1405 locally acquired COVID infections over the past 24 hours:

Five more people have died with COVID:

  • A woman in her 40s
  • Two people in their 70s
  • Two people in their 80s

There have been 153 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021.

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There are currently 1,175 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 202 people in intensive care, 80 of whom require ventilation.

The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases:

NSW daily cases

Meanwhile, total active cases across NSW have just passed 28,000:

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NSW active cases

Burnet Institute modelling tipped that NSW cases in the local government areas of most concern would peak later this month with NSW hospitalisations peaking late-October.

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.