NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is expected to provide a Covid-19 update later on in the day.
There were 39 patients in intensive care units across the state on December 21, health department figures show.Patients needing a ventilator rose from 11 to 17, while hospitalisations overall jumped from 284 to 557 over the same period.The graph shows a rise in Covid patients in NSW over the past week. Source: www.covid19data.com.auIt follows 6288 infections reported on Christmas Day and another 6394 cases confirmed on Boxing Day.
There were 93,581 coronavirus tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm on Monday, as demand continues to overwhelm testing capacity across the state. People are waiting for hours at some clinics while others have had to shut as soon as they open in order to process the lengthy queues already there. With NSW’s testing sites swamped, Health Minister Brad Hazzard attacked Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for her refusal to scrap a rule requiring interstate visitors to return a negative PCR test before they enter.
Meanwhile, Victoria has recorded a jump in Covid infections, with a record 2738 new cases announced on Tuesday and four deaths.There are 361 people in hospital, with 69 in intensive care and 33 on ventilators.
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