1485 new NSW Covid cases and three deaths recorded
NSW has recorded 1485 new Covid cases and three more deaths — but has hit a major milestone with 40 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. Read our Sunday blog.
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NSW has recorded 1485 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and three deaths.
However, the state has also hit the milestone of 40 per cent of its population now being fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
“While we are anticipating the peak of cases to occur in the next couple of weeks, we can foreshadow that once we hit the 70 per cent double dose that life will feel much better in NSW,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said at Sunday morning’s press conference.
The three deaths recorded includes a western Sydney woman in 50s who died in Blacktown hospital. She had received one vaccine dose and had no co-morbitities.
An unvaccinated southwestern Sydney woman in her 70s died in Campbelltown hospital. She has “significant” underlying health conditions, NSW Health’s Dr Jeremy McAnulty said.
A southwestern Sydney man in his 70s died in Liverpool hospital: he had not been vaccinated and had underlying health issues.
The figures follow a Saturday in which 1533 new Covid cases were recorded and four deaths occurred.
More than 1000 people in NSW are now being treated in hospital for the deadly virus.
Baby and child fight for lives on ventilators in Sydney
A baby and a child aged under 10 who are both being treated for Covid have been placed on ventilators to breathe in a Sydney intensive care unit.
It comes as the number of Covid infected children climbs to 2000.
The infant is believed to be one of the youngest children with Covid ever treated in an ICU in Australia.
The child is among a growing number of 173 patients now in intensive care in NSW. There are 863 Covid patients in NSW hospitals.
For the first time three children are among those being cared for in NSW ICUs.
Two children under the age of 10 are understood to be on ventilators including the infant.
– Reporting by Samantha Maiden
Second new jab deadline for hotspot workers
The deadline for hotspot LGA residents to require at least one vaccine dose has been extended for a second time.
It comes amid concerns thousands of critical staff would be prevented from working if they were required to prove they have had a jab by tomorrow.
Authorised workers from the hotspot LGAs will now have until the 19th of September to receive a vaccine dose in order to leave their area for work.
Workers will need to book a vaccination by the end of this Wednesday, and carry evidence of the booking to leave their LGA for work.
They will need to get their dose by the end of Sunday September 19.
Relevant care workers who live or work in hotspot LGAs will face the same requirements.
Victoria records 183 new Covid cases
Victoria recorded 183 new cases of Covid-19 infections on Sunday, after authorities warned the state’s case numbers would not go down anytime soon.
The new cases, all locally acquired, were discovered amid 48,487 tests.
Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said earlier this week infections in the state could continue to rise, driven by people delaying tests and breaching lockdown rules.
New exposure site listed for Qld
A fresh Covid-19 exposure site has been listed in Queensland after another infected truck driver entered the state from NSW.
State authorities listed a site at Archerfield overnight after the truck driver tested positive to the virus.
The truck driver was infectious in the Queensland community for two days on September 2 and 3 before returning home to NSW.
He visited the BP Service Station on the corner of Randolph St and Boundary Rd at Archerfield on September 2 from 1am to 1.30am and 6.10pm to 6.45pm.
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— Queensland Health (@qldhealthnews) September 4, 2021
Queensland Health is issuing new contact tracing locations for: 📠Archerfield
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It comes after two other infectious truck drivers, one from NSW and one from QLD, visited sites around the state.
Authorities remain concerned about a positive case in a four-year-old girl from Beenleigh linked to one of the drivers, a 46 year-old from Logan.
The girl is the daughter of an administrative officer who works in the same area of the truck company‘s headquarters and is a family friend of the truck driver.
The girl was infectious in the community for two days before being tested.
Chief health officer Jeanette Young said she was “very concerned” about community transmission due to the truck driver’s high viral load.
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