Northern beaches Covid: 27 active cases, as Premier sets six million jab goal by August 29
Nearly half of those aged 15 and over on the northern beaches have had their first Covid jab. Compare how well different areas are doing.
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Nearly half of all people aged over 15 on the northern beaches have had their first Covid jab.
Federal statistics show that 47.7 per cent of those eligible have had one dose of the vaccine and 20.9 per cent had had two jabs.
The stats show the northern beaches zone is fifth in the table.
North Sydney and Hornsby is top with 51.9 per cent of people having had a first dose and Sydney’s South West in bottom place at 33.1 per cent.
Manly MP James Griffin said it was a promising start for the northern beaches.
“Nearly half of the population has had its first dose,” he said.
“That’s all the more reason to get the job done.
“I want to thank the GPs and in particular the receptionists and administration teams who have gone over and beyond to make this result happen.
“In the coming weeks with pharmacies joining the charge, let’s get that above 60 or 70 per cent.”
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian has set a goal of getting six million NSW residents jabbed, by August 29 in order to give the government more choices in relaxing restrictions by the end of the set lockdown period.
However, she said case numbers will also need to drop.
It comes as the number of active Covid cases on the beaches stayed at 27, in the last 24 hour period.
NSW recorded 199 new locally acquired cases in the last 24 hours.
Of these locally acquired cases, 88 are linked to a known case or cluster – 67 are household contacts and 21 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 111 cases is under investigation.
Seventy cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 32 cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Fifty cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 47 cases remains under investigation.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said there are 53 people in intensive care, 20 of whom require ventilation.
Previously, August, 21, 2021
Three more Covid cases as infected northern beaches suburbs grow
Manly and Dee Why have been added to the list of suburbs with active Covid cases on the northern beaches.
This brings the total number of active infections on the peninsula to 27 and the number of postcode areas with Covid cases to seven.
Data released by NSW Health at lunchtime Monday revealed the first Covid infected person in Manly since the Delta outbreak began four weeks ago.
And the first active case has been recorded in the 2099 postcode, which takes in Dee Why, Cromer and Cromer Heights.
Another case has also been added to the 2101 postcode — Narrabeen, Elanora Heights and Ingleside — taking the total in that area to five.
There are also eight active cases in the Allambie Heights/Beacon Hill postcode area; seven active cases in the Belrose/Davidson 2085 postcode as well as three in Warriewood and two in Collaroy/Collaroy Plateau.
This spike in active cases brings to 29 the total of locally acquired cases in the Northern Beaches Local Government area during the latest outbreak.
It also comes after authorities alerted people who shopped at the Woolworths supermarket at Warringah Mall on Sunday, July 25 July, between 5.05pm to 5.35pm, that there were classified as casual contacts and must get tested.
On Monday morning Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed that NSW has recorded 207 new Covid cases in the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday and the state’s 15th death from the virus since the outbreak began.
Of the new cases, at least 50 were infectious in the community. It was another record day of testing across the state with 117,000 people presenting for swabs.
Ms Berejiklian told reporters that she understood the citywide lockdown was “horrible” but it was needed if the virus was to be stopped.
When asked if she thought the lockdown strategy was a success so far, she replied: “It is not a success when you have your community living in lockdown.”
“What future success will be is having our population live as safely and as freely. I don’t think anybody will suggest – least of all me – that living in a lockdown is a good place to be, it is horrible.
“We know we have no option at this stage. The Delta strain is proving, around the world, to be a lethal strain and as other states in Australia are finding, it is really difficult to control.”
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