NSW recorded 50 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 37 of those new cases were infectious while in the community.
“That is the number we need to get down to as close to zero as possible,” she said.
“The only conclusion we can draw is that things are going to get worse before they get better.”
Victoria has recorded its 10th straight day of no new local coronavirus infections, a day after the state announced further easing of public health restrictions.
Three cases were detected in hotel quarantine, meaning there are 23 active cases in Victoria. More than 23,000 COVID-19 test results have been processed since yesterday.
Queensland has recorded two consecutive doughnut days, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announcing the state recorded no new cases of community transmission this morning.
There are 47 COVID-19 cases in hospital in New South Wales, with 16 people in intensive care, including a teenager. Eight in hospital are under the age of 35.
“That case is not ventilated but obviously we don’t release information about individual cases, but I think it is a salient lesson that COVID can impact across all age groups,” NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said.
There is also a person in their twenties and another in their thirties in ICU.
Nobody in intensive care is fully vaccinated.
Seventy-nine per cent of the people in hospital are unvaccinated. The five people who are fully vaccinated are the residents of SummitCare who are in hospital as a precaution.
Four people in hospital have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and one has received their first dose of Pfizer.
Twenty-nine of the new infections were in Sydney’s south-west.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has called on more people to come forward for testing after 42,000 people were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
The Premier has emphasised the need for anyone found to be infected to be as honest with authorities as possible.
“I do want to state that out of those 50 cases, the vast majority of those cases — and I can’t stress this enough — are close family or friends of people who have COVID,” she said.
“So, people are getting the virus and then spreading it to those closest to them.
“If you truly love your parents, your sisters, your best friends, please stick to the rules.”
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys highlighted ongoing cases of people breaking the rules by holding parties, one in Randwick and one on the Central Coast.
He said 167 infringement notices were issued yesterday for people breaking the state’s lockdown rules.
