Coronavirus NSW: COVID-19 recovery rates across Sydney, NSW
It’s a tale of two cities in Sydney’s south, as St George almost wins its war with coronavirus while the Shire suffers a setback. FIND OUT HOW MANY ACTIVE CASES ARE IN YOUR SUBURB.
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It’s a tale of two cities in Sydney’s south, as St George almost wins its war with coronavirus while the Shire suffers a setback.
Two previously unconfirmed cases of coronavirus from the Sutherland Shire were among the six new cases identified in NSW by Premier Gladys Berejiklian today.
On May 1 one Cronulla resident and one Grays Point resident had inconclusive test results for coronavirus but have since been confirmed as having the virus.
There are now two active COVID-19 cases in Cronulla, two in Caringbah and three in the 2232 postcode incorporating Grays Point, Sutherland, Kirrawee and Kareela.
There is better news elsewhere in the Shire, as all diagnosed cases in Kurnell, Miranda, Gymea, Sylvania, Jannali, Menai, Engadine and Heathcote have now recovered.
St George is even closer to recovery, with just two cases remaining in Peakhurst and one each in Allawah, Beverly Hills and Hurstville.
Some other NSW suburbs are still fighting notable numbers of coronavirus cases even as NSW reported zero new cases for the first time from more than 6000 tests overnight.
The 2747 postcode for Caddens and Cambridge Park, which incorporates the devastated Anglicare Newmarch House nursing home coronavirus cluster, is still reporting 26 active cases across the suburb.
The neighbouring suburbs of Emu Plains and Jamisontown are collectively reporting 11 active cases.
There are nine active cases in the 2176 postcode incorporating Abbotsbury, Edensor Park and Bossley Park near Fairfield in Sydney’s southwest, and seven in Eastwood in Sydney’s north.
Black Head, Bootawa and Bohneck south of Taree currently have six active cases.
There are five active cases in Belimbla Park, a semi-rural area in the Wollondilly region southwest of Sydney, Asquith, Hornsby and Gladesville in Sydney’s north, and Curl Curl and Freshwater on the northern beaches.
How many active cases in your suburb
Bondi Beach was once the notorious epicentre of NSW’s COVID-19 outbreak.
But now it is one of the safest places in Sydney as new data reveals it is completely coronavirus-free.
Dozens fell victim to the deadly virus in major clusters at the Bondi Hardware restaurant and the Boogie Wonderland party when coronavirus first broke out in Australia.
At the height of the pandemic there were 112 cases in the suburb.
But the latest NSW Health stats reveal apart from one death all 111 other cases have recovered – meaning Bondi is completely free of the virus.
The 2026 postcode, which incorporates Bondi and Tamarama, has had no new cases of coronavirus since April 18.
The drastic turnaround is thought largely to be down to strict social distancing measures and a huge rollout of testing which included the opening of drive-through testing centres near the beach.
Latest testing figures show that of the 32,490 people who call Bondi home, 3181 have been tested.
Other wealthy postcodes across the eastern suburbs can also boast they are virus-free, including Double Bay, Woollahra, Edgecliff, Paddington, Kings Cross, Bondi Junction and Coogee.
Dover Heights and Rose Bay both have three active cases, while Clovelly has two and both Bronte and Bellevue Hill have one.
Sydney’s beautiful northern beaches are still doing battle with coronavirus, reporting more active cases then their counterparts in Sydney’s hard-hit eastern beaches.
New data from NSW Health reveals Curl Curl still has six active cases of coronavirus, with eight others recovered.
Cromer and Dee Why still have five active cases, while Allambie has four and Collaroy has three.
However, several suburbs can now boast they are coronavirus-free including Akuna Bay, Warriewood, Narrabeen, Forestville and Fairlight.
Manly has two active cases, while Avalon, Newport, Currawong Beach, Bayview, Mona Vale, Belrose and Balgowlah all have one.
Some of Sydney’s hardest-hit western suburbs are slowly but surely winning the fight against coronavirus, with only a few active cases left in some of the worst hotspots.
The 2145 postcode incorporating Constitution Hill and Greystanes now has just five active cases, with 36 recovered and one death.
Berala and Lidcombe have three active cases remaining after four others recovered.
Parramatta and Harris Park have only one active case remaining out of four in total.
New figures also reveal the death rate (percentage of COVID-19 deaths against the number who have contracted the disease).
The South East Sydney Local Health District, which includes the Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick, Bayside, Georges River and Sutherland Shire council areas, recorded the second-lowest death rate at just 0.44 deaths per 100 cases, topped only by Sydney with 0.4 deaths.
However, people who catch coronavirus in western Sydney’s horrendous coronavirus hotspot are almost 10 times more likely to die of the deadly virus than anywhere else in Sydney.
The horrific virus outbreak at the Anglicare Newmarch House nursing home in Caddens, which has contributed to 15 deaths in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Heath District, has resulted in a damning death rate of 8.14 per 100 coronavirus cases.
The Caddens postcode area (2747), which also takes in Cambridge Gardens and Cambridge Park, still has 26 active cases according to the latest figures.
Despite the area now established as the city’s deadliest COVID-19 postcode testing levels are still below those of Bondi, per head of population.
Of the 42,421 who live there just 2786 have been tested.
South West Sydney also recorded a higher than average death rate with 1.67 deaths for every 100 coronavirus cases.
Northern Sydney had the second highest number of coronavirus deaths anywhere across the state with eight in total, but the death rate was comparatively lower due to the extraordinary number of diagnosed cases across the district.
Parts of regional NSW including Murrumbidgee and the Mid North Coast recorded higher death rates although they only recorded a single death each because their overall number of cases was significantly lower than other hard-hit areas such as Sydney’s east and north.
COVID-19 DEATH RATES
Nepean Blue Mountains: 8.14 per cent (14 deaths)
Murrumbidgee: 2.17 per cent (one death)
Mid North Coast: 2 per cent (one death)
Southern NSW: 1.81 per cent (one death)
Illawarra Shoalhaven: 1.75 per cent (two deaths)
South West Sydney: 1.67 per cent (four deaths)
Northern Sydney: 1.5 per cent (eight deaths)
Hunter New England: 1.45 per cent (four deaths)
Western Sydney: 1.07 per cent (three deaths)
Central Coast: 0.86 per cent (one death)
South East Sydney: 0.44 per cent (three deaths)
Sydney: 0.4 per cent (one death)
Northern NSW: 0 per cent (no deaths)
Far West: 0 per cent (no deaths)