NSW recorded 1,281 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 and, sadly, five COVID-related deaths today.
A man in his 90s from south east Sydney died at St George Hospital. He was a resident of St George Aged Care Facility in Bexley and acquired his infection there.
A woman in her 80s from northern Sydney died at Ryde Hospital. A woman in her 50s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital. A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital and a man in his 60s from Southern Highlands has died at home.
“NSW Health extends its deepest sympathies to their loved ones,” the health authority said in a statement.
There are currently 1,071 COVID-19 cases admitted to NSW hospitals, with 177 people in intensive care, 67 of whom require ventilation, NSW Health has confirmed.
Of the 1,281 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 483 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 348 are from Western Sydney LHD, 137 are from Sydney LHD, 118 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 67 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 44 are from Western NSW LHD, 22 are from Northern Sydney LHD, 21 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, eight are from Central Coast LHD, seven are in correctional settings, seven are from Far West LHD, five are from Hunter New England LHD, five are from Southern NSW LHD and nine cases are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
NSW Health’s ongoing sewage surveillance program has recently detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 in Byron Bay.
“No recent cases have been detected in this location, so everyone is urged to monitor for the onset of symptoms, and if they appear, to immediately be tested and isolate until a negative result is received,” NSW Health said.
“It remains vital that anyone who has any symptoms or is a close or casual contact of a person with COVID-19, isolates and is tested immediately. When testing clinics are busy, please ensure you stay in line, identify yourself to staff and tell them that you have symptoms or are a contact of a case.”
