Currently just 0.1 per cent of the 61,000 known active cases in NSW are in intensive care. 9News
case numbers have jumped by another thousand, with 12,226 and one death recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.But there are just 63 people in intensive care.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said yesterday that there were likely to be many more cases in the community that had not been detected. Infections are doubling every "two to four days" in the state as testing messaging has taken an about-face in a new phase of the pandemic.However, currently just 0.1 per cent of the 61,000 known active cases in the state are in intensive care.
Heavy testing demand seems likely to continue today, despite NSW Health yesterday issuing a warning to holiday travellers that they are unlikely to get their PCR tests back in time to cross the border into Queensland or Tasmania. People have been urged to avoid PCR testing queues unless they have symptoms, in order to ease the burden on health workers who have been overwhelmed in recent days.
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