Monday: Covid numbers

THERE were 59 cases of covid reported in the Hunter New England health district in the past 24 hours.

During the weekend three cases were identified in the Dungog local government area: Dungog, Clarence Town and Martin’s Creek. A new case was also identified in Muswellbrook local government area at Castle Rock.

Covid numbers in Hunter New England:

• 59 cases reported
• 924 active covid cases
• 27 people hospitalised
• 6 people in intensive care

Current active cases in nearby local government areas:

• Cessnock: 300
• Dungog: 3
• Liverpool Plains: 0
• Mid Western: 8
• Muswellbrook: 18
• Singleton: 22
• Tamwoth: 101
• Upper Hunter Shire: 2
• Warrumbungle: 0

• 19 Newcastle
• 16 Lake Macquarie
• 7 Cessnock
• 6 Port Stephens
• 4 Maitland
• 2 Armidale
• 1 MidCoast
• 1 Singleton
• 1 Dungog
• 1 Tamworth
• 1 Moree Plains

Statewide covid numbers:

• 294 new locally acquired cases
• 474 people hospitalised
• 116 people in intensive care
• 57 people being ventilated
• 4 people have died
  • 1 in their 40s
  • 2 in their 60s
  • 1 in their 70s

Covid numbers by local health district:

• 59 Hunter New England
• 54 South Western Sydney
• 46 Murrumbidgee
• 30 Mid North Coast
• 24 Western Sydney
• 18 South Eastern Sydney
• 10 Sydney
• 8 Central Coast
• 8 Illawarra Shoalhaven
• 8 Northern Sydney
• 6 Nepean Blue Mountains
• 6 Western NSW
• 5 Far West
• 3 Southern NSW
• 1 Northern NSW
• 1 in a correctional setting
• 7 yet to be assigned to an LHD.