COVID Update: NSW cases plummet

Today’s COVID cases fell across both Victoria and NSW, whereas Queensland recorded zero cases.

Looking at Victoria first, daily locally acquired cases fell from yesterday’s high to 1,220 with three deaths also recorded:

Reported yesterday: 1,220 new local cases and 0 cases acquired overseas.
– 36,248 vaccines administered
– 71,275 test results received
– Sadly, 3 people with COVID-19 have died

More later: https://t.co/OCCFTAchah#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/hxU80Ei0bj

— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) October 2, 2021

The next chart plots Victoria’s daily cases:

1.712% of tests in VIC over the past 24 hours came back positive:

Whereas Victoria’s Reff is 1.53, which means that cases should continue to grow:

Finally, active cases across Victoria have climbed to 11,785:

The situation is better in NSW where only 667 new locally acquired cases were recorded, although another 10 people died with COVID:

NSW recorded 667 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/JoTsDR1jq6

— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) October 3, 2021

The age breakdown of the deaths are as follows:

• Two people were in their 50s
• Four people were in their 60s
• Two people were in their 70s
• Two people were in their 80s

Four people were not vaccinated, four people had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and two people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The two people who had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine both acquired their infections in aged care facilities.

There have been 372 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 428 in total since the start of the pandemic.

There are currently 981 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 195 people in intensive care, 93 of whom require ventilation.

There were 88,210 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night.

Across NSW, 88.1% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 66.5% are fully vaccinated.

The next chart shows that Victoria and NSW are on very different COVID tracks:

NSW’s active cases are falling while Victoria’s are rising:

NSW’s Reff is 0.87 and continues to fall below 1.0:

And only 0.757% of tests in NSW over the past 24 hours came back positive:

Finally, Queensland recorded zero new locally acquired COVID cases over the past 24 hours, which means the NRL Gran Final is go. Enjoy the game.