NSW has recorded another horror day, with 830 new local Covid-19 infections – breaking the national record (which it set yesterday) for the highest number of new infections in a single day.
There were also, sadly, three more deaths in a man in his 60s, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s.
Nearly 100 people are in intensive care, with 34 of those requiring ventilation and a total of 557 cases in hospital.
But it’s not all bad news.
NSW administered 45,000 vaccines in the past 24 hours, with NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard highlighting the state’s “extraordinary” vaccination uptake and the “pretty good” future it’s propelling us toward.
He said NSW is “now amongst the highest, if not the highest, in the world in terms of vaccination rates”.
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Nearly 60 per cent of NSW residents have had their first dose, and 31 per cent have had two doses.
“That only happens when the citizens of NSW come forward to try and keep themselves, their families and the balance of our community in NSW safe, and in our broader Australian community,” he said.
“I am pleased, very pleased, that the vaccination rate in NSW is now quite extraordinary, I want to thank the residents of NSW for coming out in great numbers to be vaccinated.”
The health minister was also probed about whether Sydney would open up when it reaches an 80 per cent vaccination rate.
“I think that is the aim of the game here, to get 80 per cent of the community across the entire nation (vaccinated),” he said.
“I’m confident as we move forward to 80 per cent, we will have a lot more normality in our lives and we are only weeks away now, so if our community keeps getting the vaccines the way they are, NSW will look pretty good by October, November.”
More than 200,000 people were tested in the last reporting period, but some results may be delayed due to a backlog.
One of the people to lose their lives to the virus in the latest reporting period included a man in his 60s from Sydney’s southwest who died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He caught the disease while at Canterbury Hospital.
A woman in her 80s died a Wollongong Hospital while a man in his 70s from Sydney’s southeast died at St George Hospital where he acquired his infection.
In a worrying detail for residents living with the strictest rules, it was revealed 80 per cent of the cases recorded on Sunday were in the 12 local government areas of concern in western and southwest Sydney.
Fifty cases were infectious in the community and the isolation status of 694 remained unknown as the virus continued its spread in Sydney’s west and southwest.
NSW Deputy Chief Health Officer Marianne Gale said Blacktown and surrounding areas including Greenacre, Guildford, Merrylands, Granville and Condell Park were flagged as major hot spots.
While Sydney’s west and southwest remain major areas of concern, the virus is still wreaking havoc in regional areas too.
Dr Gale said there were 36 cases in western NSW including 23 in Dubbo, four in Bathurst, three in Wellington, two in Orange, two in Bourke, one in Gulargambone and one in Narromine.
“Please maintain a high degree of vigilance for symptoms. Come forward for testing and get vaccinated,” she said.
“Our particular concern of Orange and a callout for the people of Orange to come forward and get tested, is that while we have two cases reported to 8pm, last night overnight we’ve had an additional four cases.”
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