Health authorities in NSW are currently concerned about case numbers in the areas of Glebe, Waterloo, Redfern and Marrickville.
NSW has reported 1480 new local coronavirus cases and nine deaths on Wednesday, as suburbs in inner Sydney are encouraged to come forward for vaccination amid rising case numbers.
“While parts of western Sydney and south-western Sydney are demonstrating outstanding results, there are other parts of Greater Sydney where we’d like vaccination rates to go up,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. A further 34 cases have been recorded across western and far west NSW, including 17 in Dubbo and seven in Wilcannia. There also have been rising cases in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region overnight, with 34 cases reported in the region, including 24 in Wollongong and seven in Shellharbour.NSW Health authorities are also concerned by recent detection of COVID-19 fragments at the Bonny Hills sewage treatment in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area, where there are no known cases.
The Premier largely avoided questions from reporters at this morning’s press conference regarding the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government among states. The man in his 20s, who was from western Sydney and died at Nepean Hospital. NSW Deputy Chief Health Officer Marianne Gale said the man was unvaccinated and had “significant” underlying health conditions.A woman in her 60s from the Nepean-Blue Mountains area, who died at Nepean Hospital.A man in his 80s from western Sydney, who died at Westmead Hospital.A man in his 40s from south-west Sydney, who died at Liverpool Hospital.
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