BREAKING: New South Wales has recorded 6,062 new cases of COVID-19 and one death, while Victoria has reported 2,738 new infections and four fatalities.
Members of the public queue for Covid19 PCR tests at a clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, 26 December.New South Wales has recorded 6,062 new cases of COVID-19 and one death, while Victoria has reported 2,738 new infections and four fatalities.
The new caseload in Victoria represents an increase of more than 700 cases from the 1,999 announced on Monday, while the number of cases in NSW is slightly down fromThere are 557 people in hospital in NSW, an increase of 30, with 60 of those in ICU. In Victoria, there are 361 people in hospital, which represents a small decrease from 24 hours earlier.need to avoid high-risk settings.
Healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 in New South Wales will be able to leave isolation and return to work after seven days instead of 14 under new guidelines.or having to queue up for hours, with clinics inundated with people requiring PCR tests to travel interstate.On Monday, Australia surpassed the unwanted milestone of 10,000 new COVID-19 infections in one day, spurred by high case numbers in NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
Meanwhile, St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney admitted to two testing blunders in as many days, revealing on Monday almost 1,000 people were told they were COVID-negative when in fact their results had not been returned.
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