As the National Cabinet gets ready to meet at midday AEST time, some more sobering stats from the two most populous States sees daily deaths nearly pip the 50 level, with the deadliest day on record for NSW:
As the RAT tests ramp up, NSW is recording nearly 100,000 new cases on its own – comparable to the same number for the whole country yesterday. Hospitalisations have increased by over 100, moving from 2242 to 2383 and the number of COVID patients in ICU is up 7 to 182.
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Victoria saw only a small uptick in hospitalisations while patients in ICU/ventilation actually dropped which is a great sign.