NSW Health has recorded another 1116 locally acquired COVID cases:
NSW recorded 1,116 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/pweTEuCGbn
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) September 1, 2021
Four more people have died with COVID – one person in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. There have been 100 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021.
There are currently 917 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 150 people in intensive care, 66 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily cases against Victoria’s winter-spring outbreak last year, which shut Melbourne for 14 weeks:
NSW peaking?
Hopefully NSW’s daily cases are peaking.
Active local COVID cases in NSW are fast approaching 19,000:
Active cases rising fast.
At this rate, Sydney will be largely shut down until Christmas.
