A woman in her 80s has died, bringing the state's COVID-19 toll to 53.
NSW has recorded 12 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday. Four cases were locally acquired and linked to previously reported cases and three were locally acquired from an unknown source.A COVID-19 case linked to Our Lady of Mercy College attended two venues in South-Western Sydney while infectious.The student visited Westfield Liverpool on Friday August 7 from 10.30am to 11am and 12.30pm to 1pm.
“If everyone can start wearing them, that’s the best thing we can get everyone to do and be guided by [Chief Medical Officer] Kerry Chant in terms of the mandating of them. "People only have to look across the border into Victoria to see what happens when people don't adhere to the physical distancing restrictions and just don't follow what they're supposed to be doing," Professor Kidd told ABC"Everyone in NSW, look at the figures which are happening … At the moment we are still seeing this [stable] level of community transmission occurring in NSW, [but] at any time that could dramatically increase and we could have, in NSW, the same...
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
First Virgin, then Qantas: Sydney Airport has nowhere to hide from COVID-19In less than six months it has moved from being one of the most reliable providers of quality monopoly earnings and dividends in the Australian market, to a company with some of the most uncertain medium term prospects
Read more »
Religious study retreat at centre of Sydney COVID-19 clusterA study and prayer retreat is the suspected catalyst for a ballooning COVID-19 cluster linked to Tangara School for Girls, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns camps and excursions are a pandemic no-go | Kaubo natassiazc
Read more »
The COVID-19 curve that's worrying doctors in VictoriaVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews promises to release details on where healthcare workers have acquired COVID-19, as the latest figures reveal these cases account for 15 per cent of new infections in the state.
Read more »
PNG is walking a tightrope on COVID-19 so it's abandoned lockdownsPapua New Guinea residents are told they must learn to live with COVID-19 as the Government looks to abandon lockdown measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus.
Read more »
Without trial data, how can we trust Russia's COVID-19 vaccine?Russia has become the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine after less than two months of human trials.
Read more »
US college football in disarray as COVID-19 forces biggest conferences to postpone seasonsTwo of US college football's biggest conferences are forced to postpone their seasons due to COVID-19 fears, in a move that has disappointed some teams and left one of the country's biggest competitions in chaos.
Read more »