NSW Health has recorded another 587 locally acquired COVID cases and eight deaths:
NSW recorded 587 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
No new cases were acquired overseas. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of
the pandemic is 66,835. pic.twitter.com/NNJ6xdGXPQ— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) October 7, 2021
The age breakdown of the deaths are as follows:
- One person was in their 20s
- One person in their 50s
- Two people in their 60s
- Two people in their 70s
- Two people were in their 80s
Five people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose, and two people with underlying health conditions had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
There have been 403 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 459 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 911 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 181 people in intensive care, 85 of whom require ventilation.
There were 112,186 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night.
The next chart shows the steady decline in NSW cases compared with Victoria, where cases are still rising:
Active cases are also on a very different trajectory:
Only 0.523% of NSW’s cases over the past 24 hours came back positive, according to COVIDBaseAU – around one quarter the rate of Victoria:
Finally, NSW’s Reff is also only 0.83, which means that cases should continue to drop:
As noted earlier, NSW has brought forward its reopening roadmap from Monday.
