Penrith Covid cases: man dies at Nepean Hospital

Two more people - including a man in his 20s - have died at Nepean Hospital, as Covid numbers continue to rise across the state.

Another death has occurred at Nepean Hospital after a man in his 80s, from north-western Sydney, passed away overnight.

On Thursday, NSW Health announced the deaths of five people who had COVID-19 overnight.

NSW recorded 1,405 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Of the 1,405 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 74 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD and 27 cases are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

There are currently 1,175 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital statewide, with 202 people in intensive care, 80 of whom require ventilation.

Hamper Hub for struggling locals

Led by feedback from the community and local schools, a contactless ‘Hamper Hub’ has been set up by Penrith City Council to provide much-needed relief for those facing challenges during the pandemic.

The food hampers are filled with non-perishable, essential items such as rice, pasta and beans, sauce tins, canned fruit and vegetables, long-life milk, tea bags and freeze-dried coffee.

To assist Penrith’s 12 suburbs of concern, the ‘drive and collect’ Hamper Hub in North St Marys is coordinated by Council and delivered in partnership with local services, including FoodBank, WestCare and Community Junction, with support from volunteer group Turbans 4 Australia.

The Hamper Hub opened on September 2, with the first day of operations seeing over 30 food hampers distributed.

With bookings essential, this is a drive-in only service where our staff load hampers into car boots to ensure the safety of our staff and community members.

Hamper Hub facilitated by Penrith City Council

September 8 - Two more deaths at Nepean Hospital, 1136 Covid cases statewide

NSW Health has been notified of the deaths of a further nine people who had Covid, including two people from Nepean Hospital.

A man in his 20s from western Sydney and a woman in her 60s from Nepean/Blue Mountains died at Nepean Hospital.

There are currently 1136 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, statewide, with 194 people in intensive care, 78 of whom require ventilation.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed unverisities would “accommodate” the delayed exams of Year 12 students and kids’ chances of making it to uni won’t be affected.

“The feedback I have received is that we have had very favourable consideration, which was a similar consideration the universities gave Victorian students last year,” Ms Berejiklian said.

“We have received very positive feedback from the tertiary sector that they’re able to make sure no students are disadvantage… it’s in the interests of the universities to work with us and they have been very, very positive.”

There have been 148 Covid-related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021, and 204 in total since the start of the pandemic.

There have been 31,914 locally acquired cases reported since 16 June 2021, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.

There were 130,341 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 100,745.