NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Twelve new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,251.
There were 4,790 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 7,415.
Testing rates in NSW are currently very low. NSW Health strongly urges anyone with even the mildest of symptoms, including sore throat, runny nose, cough, fever or headache...
to isolate and get tested immediately, and remain isolated until a negative result is received.
NSW Health administered 2,671 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 577,088, with 195,007 doses administered by...
NSW Health to 8pm last night and 382,081 administered by Commonwealth Government providers, including GPs, to 11.59pm on Sunday 25 April.
An investigation into how COVID-19 transmission occurred between returned travellers who had been in quarantine at the Mercure Hotel has...
led NSW Health to reclassify one case, previously reported as overseas acquired, as locally acquired. Of the three returned travellers, two were family members and stayed in connecting rooms.
The third traveller, whose case has been reclassified as locally acquired, stayed in an adjacent room. All three people share the same viral sequence for the B1.351 variant of concern, first identified in South Africa. The investigation did not identify any further cases of...
transmission.
Western Australia’s three-day lockdown ended at 12.01am AWST this (Tuesday) morning. As such, from 12.01am AEST in NSW only people who have been to venues of concern are required to isolate; other people who have been in Perth or Peel recently, no longer need...
to stay at home.
People arriving in NSW from WA must continue to complete a declaration form on the Service NSW website and confirm they have not attended a venue of concern.
Anyone who has been in the Perth or Peel areas since 17 April should regularly check the WA Health website for updates on venues of concern visited by confirmed cases of COVID-19.
If you have attended a close-contact venue as listed on the NSW Health website, you should not...
enter NSW. If you have attended any of the venues listed on the website and you are already in NSW, you should immediately self-isolate and call NSW Health on 1800 943 553.
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NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Eight new cases were acquired overseas to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,239.
NSW Health administered 18,484 COVID-19 vaccines during the week ending Sunday 25 April. The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 553,866 -
- with 192,336 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 361,530 administered by Commonwealth Government providers, including GPs, to 11.59pm on Thursday 22 April.
NSW Health’s sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 at treatment plants and sewage networks in Burwood Beach (sampled 21 April), Allambie Heights (sampled 22 April) and Merimbula (sampled 21 April).
These positive sewage results may indicate the presence of people who have recently recovered from COVID-19, as they can continue to shed fragments of the virus for several weeks after recovery.
However, NSW Health is concerned that they could signal undetected cases in the community, and asks people in these areas to be alert for any cold-like symptoms that could signal COVID 19, including sore throat, runny nose, cough, fever or headache.
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
One new case was acquired overseas to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,231.
There were 7,706 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 8,568.
NSW Health administered 591 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 553,866 with 192,336 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 361,530 administered by Commonwealth Government providers, including GPs, to 11.59pm on Thursday 22 April
NSW recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Six new cases were acquired overseas, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,059.
This case is a returned traveller who was in quarantine in the Sofitel Wentworth hotel on the same floor as the security guard who was reported on Sunday and another returned traveller in quarantine who previously tested positive. Genomic sequencing links all three cases.
The latest case tested positive yesterday during additional follow-up testing carried out as part of NSW Health’s extensive investigations into the source and nature of the transmission to the security guard.
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Two new cases were acquired overseas, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,053.
There were 6,257 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 8,199.
Investigations are still underway to determine the source of infection in the case announced on Sunday.
As reported yesterday, genomic sequencing results show a match to the viral strain of a COVID-positive returned traveller who was in the Sofitel Wentworth quarantine hotel while infectious.
The genome sequencing results indicate the strain found in the hotel quarantine guest...
NSW recorded one locally acquired case of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. This was the person announced yesterday who works as a security guard at Sydney quarantine hotels.
Three new cases were acquired overseas, and one overseas case reported last week was found to be an old infection following further investigation.
This brings the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,051.
There were 8,199 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 9,269.