13.10.2021
NSW:
NSW COVID-19 update – Wednesday 13 October 2021
In the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm last night:
– 90.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
– 75.2% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
– 105,508 tests in the last 24 hours
– 444 new locally acquired cases
– 2 new overseas acquired cases
– 446 new total cases
– 716 people in hospital
– 150 people in ICU
– 4 deaths
Victoria:
The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne will introduce mandatory rapid COVID-19 testing for visitors after a virus scare at the hospital’s neo-natal ICU.
It comes as Victoria records 1,571 new cases and 13 deaths — the highest single-day death toll of the current outbreak.
The new cases were identified from 79,200 test results received yesterday, and 38,072 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites.
There are now 19,861 active cases of the virus in Victoria and 114 lives have been lost in the current outbreak.
The rapid testing precaution at the RCH came after a parent attended the neo-natal ICU on Friday and later tested positive to the virus, informing the hospital on Monday night.
ACT:
The ACT has recorded 51 new cases of COVID-19, as Canberrans count down the days until the end of lockdown.
Of the new cases, at least 22 spent some of their infectious period in the community. 13 were in quarantine for their entire infectious period.
Of the total cases, 32 are linked to a known source.
There are currently 16 COVID-19 patients in hospital — eight are in the intensive care unit, five requiring ventilation.
There are currently 474 active cases in the ACT.
