Northern beaches coronavirus: Nearly 75 per cent of cases from overseas
An analysis of the latest data has found that a higher number of cases of the coronavirus on the northern beaches were acquired overseas, compared with NSW as a whole.
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The overwhelming number of cases of COVID-19 on the northern beaches have been acquired overseas, according to the latest data.
In fact, nearly three quarters of the 151 cases are believed to have come from returning overseas travellers.
Just under a quarter are locally acquired, and about two per cent are from interstate.
Compared with NSW as a whole the peninsula has a much higher number of cases where the disease was acquired overseas.
Across the state about 59 per cent of cases are from an overseas source, 32 per cent locally acquired and 2.2 per cent from interstate.
The latest available figures for COVID-19 by postcode are below. The official figures have been revised down from 152 to 151 from earlier this week.
There are 111 cases obtained from overseas, 36, local, three interstate and one still under investigation.
Around 73.5 per cent of cases come from overseas, 23.8 per cent local, 1.9 per cent from interstate and 0.6 per cent under investigation.
So far, one man, a 76-year-old and a passenger on the Ruby Princess has died of COVID-19 at Northern Beaches Hospital.
Postcode data:
2084 – Akuna Bay, Cottage Point, Duffys Forest and Terrey Hills: 3 (2 overseas, 1 locally acquired)
2085 – Belrose, Davidson: 4 (1 overseas, 3 locally acquired)
2086 – Frenchs Forest, Frenchs Forest East: 6 (3 overseas, 3 locally acquired)
2087 – Forestville, Killarney Heights: 6 (3 overseas, 2, locally acquired and 1 interstate)
2092 – Seaforth: 8 (8 overseas)
2093 – Balgowlah, Balgowlah Heights, Clontarf, Manly Vale, North Balgowlah: 12 (9 overseas, 2 locally acquired, 1 interstate)
2094 – Fairlight: 5 (5 overseas)
2095 – Manly, Manly East: 20 (16 overseas, 4 locally acquired)
2096 – Queenscliff, Curl Curl, Harbord: 14 (10 overseas, 4 locally acquired)
2097 – Collaroy, Collaroy Beach, Collaroy Plateau West, Long Reef, Wheeler Heights: 13 (9 overseas, 4 locally acquired)
2099 – Cromer, Cromer Heights, Dee Why, Dee Why Beach, Narraweena, North Curl Curl, Wingala: 18 (14 overseas, 4 locally acquired)
2100 – Allambie, Allambie Heights, Beacon Hill, Brookvale, North Manly, Oxford Falls, Warringah Mall: 7 (6 overseas, 1 under investigation)
2101 – Elanora Heights, Ingleside, Narrabeen, Narrabeen Peninsula, North Narrabeen: 9 (6 overseas, 2 locally acquired, 1 interstate)
2102 – Warriewood: 7 (5 overseas, 2 locally acquired)
2103 – Mona Vale: 5 (4 overseas, 1 locally acquired)
2104 – Bayview: 2 (2 overseas)
2105 – Church Point, Elvina Bay, Lovett Bay, Scotland Island: 0
2106 – Newport, Newport Beach: 5 (3 overseas, 2 locally acquired)
2107 – Avalon, Avalon Beach, Bilgola, Careel Bay, Clareville, Paradise Beach, Taylors Point, Whale Beach: 6 (4 overseas, 2 locally acquired)
2108 – Palm Beach: 1 (1 overseas)