4.10.2021
NSW:
NSW recorded 623 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
No new cases were acquired overseas, and 12 previously reported cases have been excluded following further investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 65,090.
Sadly, NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of six people with COVID-19 – three women and three men.
One person was in their 40s, three people were in their 60s, one person was in their 70s and one person was in their 90s.
Three people were from south-western Sydney, two people were from western Sydney and one person was from the Nepean Blue Mountains area.
Four people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and one person had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The person who had received two doses of a COVID-19 was a woman in her 90s who died at Hawkesbury Living Nursing Home. This is the fourth death linked to this outbreak.
A man in his 60s from south-western Sydney, who died at Campbelltown Hospital, acquired his infection at the hospital. This is the third death linked to this outbreak.
There have been 378 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 434 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There have been 59,419 locally acquired cases reported since 16 June 2021, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.
There are currently 959 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 193 people in intensive care, 97 of whom require ventilation.
There were 76,892 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 88,210.
NSW Health administered 13,045 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Across NSW, 88.4 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 67.1 per cent are fully vaccinated to 11.59pm on Saturday 2 October 2021.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 10,392,994, with 3,629,524 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 6,763,470 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11.59pm on Saturday 2 October 2021.
Of the 623 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 144 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 103 are from Western Sydney LHD, 77 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, 59 are from Hunter New England LHD, 52 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 51 are from Sydney LHD, 32 are from Central Coast LHD, 25 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 23 are from Western NSW LHD, 21 are from Southern NSW LHD, 18 are from Northern Sydney LHD, four are from Northern NSW LHD, three are from Mid North Coast LHD, one is from Murrumbidgee LHD, one is from Far West LHD, three are in correctional settings, and six are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
A stay-at-home order for Lismore Local Government Area (LGA) has been introduced from today until 11 October due to an increased COVID-19 public health risk.
This stay-at-home order also applies to anyone who has been in Lismore LGA since 28 September.
Everyone in this area must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason, which includes shopping for food, medical care, getting vaccinated, compassionate needs, exercise and work or tertiary education if you can’t work or study at home.
NSW Health is also closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation in Cowra, Muswellbrook and Port Macquarie and will provide further advice in relation to these LGAs today.
If you are directed to get tested for COVID 19 or self-isolate at any time, you must follow the rules whether or not the venue or exposure setting is listed on the NSW Health website.
It remains vital that anyone who has any symptoms or is a close or casual contact of a person with COVID-19, isolates and is tested immediately. When testing clinics are busy, please ensure you stay in line, identify yourself to staff and tell them that you have symptoms or are a contact of a case.
Victoria:
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says the rapid uptake of vaccinations in Melbourne hotspots is bringing some stability to Victoria’s outbreak, as the state records 1,377 new cases and four deaths.
The new cases were identified from 67,789 test results received yesterday and take the state’s total active cases to 12,711.
The deaths of a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 60s from Hume, a man in his 60s from Manningham and a man in his 80s from Moreland take the toll in the current outbreak to 53.
State and Commonwealth vaccination figures differ slightly, but indicate about 82 per cent of Victorians aged over 16 have received at least one dose of vaccine and around 52 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The Delta outbreak is spilling further into Melbourne’s south-east, which authorities say is largely attributable to household gatherings being held in defiance of the state’s health directives.
ACT:
Two more Canberrans have died with COVID-19, as the ACT records 28 new locally acquired cases of the virus.
At least 16 of the new cases were infectious in the community and 14 are yet to be linked to a known source.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said two women aged in their 80s had died with the virus overnight.
One was a resident of the Calvary Haydon aged care facility receiving end of life care. She was fully vaccinated.
“Another woman was admitted to Canberra Hospital on Friday night, where she received palliative care for COVID-19 and other health issues,” Mr Barr said.
“On behalf of the ACT community, we send our condolences and our love to the family, and friends of those two women at this very difficult time.”
The women’s deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the ACT’s current outbreak to five.
There are currently 16 people in hospital with the virus, five in intensive care and one of those requiring ventilation.
There are 362 active cases in the territory.
The ACT recorded its highest daily case number of 52 on Friday and equalled it on Saturday.
Queensland:
Queensland has recorded one new community case of COVID-19 in a woman in her 50s who was infectious in the community for 10 days.
Acting Premier Steven Miles said the woman, who lives in Fitzgibbon on Brisbane’s northside and works at a massage business, was not linked to any known clusters and authorities were investigating where she contracted the virus.
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said anyone with symptoms should be tested, but especially those in the Fitzgibbon area, and from Redcliffe down through Chermside to Cannon Hill.
