Premier’s Update: Numbers Down and Infrastructure Up

PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian said increased testing numbers and fewer cases confirmed signaled restrictions have been effective and builds confidence for children to begin more face to face teaching from May 11. 

“Yesterday we had over 5,600 people tested with only five cases detected that is a very positive result, it’s probably one of the best results we’ve had given the number of people tested and the low number of cases” Premier Berejiklian said. 

“So we know that these restrictions we’ve had in place are working and I deeply want to thank everybody for again their persistence, your vigilance, your patience and I know how frustrating it’s been but we’re also deeply grateful that everybody has done the right thing,” she said.

“(It is) a strong signal that children returning back to school on May 11 should be a strong signal to everybody that we are achieving what we hope to achieve from the restrictions that schools going back is the first positive sign of us being able to resume a level of activity,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

HEALTH UPDATE

Dr Kerry Chant described today’s figures as “very pleasing”.

• 5 new cases
• 5,645 people tested
• 4,291 tests in period before
• 219 people being treated
• 21 in ICU
• 15 ventilated
• 2 new cases were identified at the Anglicare aged care home in Cadden:
  • 1 staff member 1 resident.
  • total of 44 people, including 15 staff and 29 residents
  • there have been 3 deaths at the facility
• 1 ambulance officer from Liverpool is being treated in hospital, with the source being investigated.
• 1 nurse at the Sydney Adventist Hospital has been confirmed, with the source being investigated.

Transport for NSW will be fast tracking many projects, including relaying asphalt in the Sydney Harbour tunnel beginning tomorrow and upgrades to regional highways including the Kings, Greater Western, Newel, Princess and Pacific highways.

People using public transport is down 80 percent, from 2.2million per day to 499,000 and a total of 83,000 hours has been spent on cleaning across the network.

Ruby Princess

The Ruby Princess is on schedule to leave Port Kembla today. Many crew will fly home, with enough remaining to crew the vessel safely back to its home port.