Coronavirus: More than 100 council areas across Australia without any virus cases

There are more than 100 council areas across Australia without any cases of coronavirus and locals are determined it stays that way.

More than 100 Australian council areas have had no recorded cases of coronavirus as authorities continue to urge Australians not to become complacent about the spread of the virus.

It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison, health authorities and state premiers urged everyone to stay home this Easter, to prevent the spread of the virus in largely unaffected rural and remote parts of the country.

More than 135 regions and local government areas in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia have had no COVID-19 cases, The Australian first reported.

Most of the COVID-19 free zones are small ­regional towns and the bulk are in heavily locked-down Western Australia.

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Wharton Beach, near Esperance, is one of the areas that is so far virus free. Picture: Tourism Western Australia

Mr Morrison said on Thursday that staying home this Easter would help save these regional towns from infection.

“The coronavirus means this Easter will be different and we will be staying at home,” Mr Morrison said.

“And it’s important because we cannot undo the tremendous progress we have made together in recent times.

“So this Easter we are staying at home. Don’t travel. Don’t go away.”

Photos have emerged all over the country of local townships discouraging people from visiting.

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Tourists have been advised to stay home this Easter.. Picture: David Crosling

In the northwestern corner of NSW, small towns such as Narrabri, Cobar, Brewarrina and Ivanhoe, and Wilcannia in the Central Darling area have reported no cases of the disease.

The southwest of NSW has also been spared so far, with areas such as Coolamon and Bland reporting no cases.

Only eight council areas in Victoria have no cases of coronavirus, including the alpine region, the northeastern historical town of Beechworth and southern coastal towns such as Apollo Bay and Colac.

Most of the unaffected areas are in the northwest along the South Australian border.

In Queensland, the north has been largely protected from corona­virus. The Torres Strait Islands and Cape York are reporting no cases.

Queensland towns such as Mount Isa in the northwest, St George in the south, and Barcaldine in the centre are also ­reporting no COVID-19 cases.

Western Australia has 76 local government areas reporting no coronavirus cases. It’s a sign that Premier Mark McGowan’s decision to clamp down on travel between the different regions of his state, which was criticised at the time, appears to be working.

Popular holiday destinations in Western Australia such as Denmark, Monkey Mia and Esperance are reporting no cases as people from Perth are prevented from going to their holiday homes this Easter.

In South Australia — where 77 per cent of the state’s population is in Adelaide — towns in the Flinders Range and Franklin Harbour have reported no cases.

Queensland announced tough border controls to prevent the spread of the virus. Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Meanwhile, some suburbs in NSW have been identified as coronavirus “hot spots”.

Local government areas in the five mainland states that did not have any coronavirus cases as of Friday, April 9, include:

NSW

Balranald

Bland

Bogan

Bourke

Brewarrina

Carrathool

Central Darling

Cobar

Coolamon

Cowar

Edward River

Forbes

Gilgandra

Gwydir

Junee

Kyogle

Lachlan

Leeton

Lockhart

Moree Plains

Murray River

Narrabri

Oberon

Snowy Valleys

Temora

Walcha

Walgett

Wentworth

VIC

Alpine

Buloke

Colac

Otway

Glenelg

Hindmarsh

Indigo

Pyrenees

Queenscliff

South Gippsland

Towong

QLD

Barcaldine

Bedourie

Blackall

Boulia

Burketown

Charleville

Cloncurry

Croydon

Cunnamulla

Doomadgee

Georgetown

Gununa

St George

Hughenden

Mount Isa

Julia Creek

Jundah

Longreach

Normanton

Quilpie

Richmond

Roma

Thargomindah

Torres Shire

Winton

SA

Clare and Gilbert Valleys

Cleve

Coorong

Elliston

Flinders Ranges

Franklin Harbour

Goyder

Grant

Kimba

Lower Eyre

Mount Remarkable

Naracoorte

Lucindale

Northern Areas

Orroroo

Carrieton

Peterborough

Robe

Southern Mallee

Tumby Bay

Wudinna

WA

Ashburton

Beverley

Boyup

Brook

Bridgetown

Brookton

Broomehill

Capel

Carnamah

Collie

Coorow

Chapman Valley

Coolgardie

Cuballing

Cue

Cunderdin

Dalwallinu

Dandaragan

Denmark

Derby-West Kimberley

Donnybrook

Dowerin

Dundas

East Pilbara

Esperance

Exmouth

Gonwangerup

Irwin

Jerremungup

Kellerberrin

Kent

Kojonup

Kondinin

Koorda

Kulin

Lake Grace

Laverton

Leonora

Manjimup

Meekathara

Menzies

Merredin

Mingenew

Moora

Morawa

Mount Magnet

Mount Marshall

Murchison

Nannup

Narembeen

Ngaanyatjarraku

Northampton

Nungarin

Perenjori

Pingelly

Plantegenet

Ravensthorpe

Sandstone

Shark Bay

Tammin

Three Springs

Trayning

Upper Gascoyne

Victoria Plains

Wandering

Waroona

West Arthur

Westonia

Wickepin

Williams

Wiluna

Wongan

Wyalkatchem

Yalgoo

Yilgam

York