Coronavirus Central West: Bathurst, Orange at epicentre of cases
New stats have for the first time revealed just how many cases of COVID-19 there are in each postcode area. The figures reveal a worrying trend in the Central West with Bathurst and Orange emerging as the deadly virus hotspots. SEE HOW MANY CASES THERE ARE IN YOUR SUBURB.
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NSW Health figures have revealed how many cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in suburbs across the Central West.
Top of the confirmed cases list is Bathurst, which has nine cases across the 2795 postcode. The area includes suburbs such as Abercrombie, Curragh and Yetholme.
Orange (postcode 2800) has got seven confirmed cases across its suburbs, which takes in Bowen and Glenrol.
Blayney had three confirmed cases.
One of them was Janet Lieben, who died in Orange Base Hospital from complications related to COVID-19 overnight on Wednesday.
The Western New South Wales Local Health District confirmed the 67-year-old grandmother’s death as her husband Jerry was in isolation at the same hospital.
They were ordered into self-isolation at their home in Blayney on March 19.
It is not clear when they began to feel unwell.
Four were reported in the Cowra Shire and Parkes Shire (2850), which encompasses Riverlea, Yarrawonga and Mount Knowles.
Dubbo (2830) has three confirmed cases, and in Molong (2866) NSW Health recorded two cases.
Postcode 2873, which comprises Tottenham, Albert, Miamley and Five Ways, has got one confirmed case.
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NSW recorded its 11th and 12th death today.
The latest is a 75-year-old man who died in Wollongong after recently travelling on the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship.
NSW now has a total of 2,389 cases while national tally stands at 5274.
