NSW and Victoria record 67 COVID–19 deaths as hospitalisations continue to drop

NSW reported another 31 COVID-19 deaths and there were 36 fatalities in Victoria, with hospitalisations in both states continuing to decline.

Another 67 people have died from COVID-19 across NSW and Victoria.

Victoria reported 36 deaths on Friday, while NSW reported 31.

Hospitalisations have continued to fall in both states, with 2,494 people in hospital in NSW and 160 patients in ICU.

That’s a decrease from Thursday, when 2,578 people were in hospital and 160 in intensive care.

Victoria recorded 707 hospitalisations, with 79 of those in intensive care.

On Thursday, the state recorded 752 hospitalisations and reported that 82 people were in intensive care.

Case numbers are also trending downwards.

NSW has recorded 10,698 new infections and 11,240 reported in Victoria.

That’s a decrease from Thursday when NSW recorded 12,632 new cases of COVID-19, while Victoria reported 12,157 new infections.

It comes as 84 deaths were reported in Australia on Thursday, with 34 deaths reported in Victoria and 38 in NSW.

What’s happening elsewhere?

Tasmania reported 570 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with the number of people being treated in hospital for the virus increasing slightly to nine.

Friday’s daily case figure is a drop from 656 infections recorded on Thursday and 666 and 699 the two days prior.

Nine cases are receiving treatment in hospital for COVID-19, a rise from seven on Thursday. Two of them are in intensive care.

Four positive cases are in hospital for unrelated medical conditions.

Tasmania has 3712 active cases, continuing a broad downward trend over about three weeks.

Source: sbs.com.au