NSW COVID-19 cases reach record high 2482, Victoria records 1504 infections
New South Wales has seen COVID-19 case number skyrocket for the third consecutive day, recording 2482 new infections. One person has died with the virus. There are 206 people in hospital and 26 people in intensive care, a slight rise from yesterday.
More than 93 per cent of the state’s eligible population is now fully vaccinated. A new exposure site on the state’s Central Coast has also been alerted by NSW Health.
Anyone who attended The Savoy at Long Jetty on Saturday December 11 from 7pm until midnight is asked to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.
Four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Discovery Parks campground in Byron Bay, forcing hundreds of Schoolies to isolate.
A number of Schoolies checked out this morning and have boarded transport to the airport. The group will be required to get a rapid antigen test before boarding flights back to Sydney. If they test positive, alternative transport will be arranged.
Victoria records 1504 COVID-19 cases
Victoria has recorded 1504 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died with the virus.
There are 384 people in hospital with the virus and 84 people in intensive care. More than 92 per cent of the state over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated. At least 28 COVID-19 cases have been linked to Melbourne pubs, with 16 connected to The Peel Hotel in Collingwood and 12 to Sircuit Bar in Fitzroy.
One case is confirmed to be the Omicron variant. More than 700 people will leave isolation today after the infected person visited the two pubs last Friday.
Queensland records 31 new cases
Queensland has reported 31 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, 24 of these were locally acquired. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said this is a 20 per cent increase from yesterday. Dr Gerrard said none of the cases are seriously unwell. There are 12 more confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Queensland. “We expect the omicron strain to become dominant in Queensland in the coming weeks,” Dr Gerrard said. He added the increase in the state’s case numbers was to be expected as borders reopened.
“In coming weeks we’re going to see very large numbers of cases in the community,” he said.
Source: 9new.com.au
