Covid: NSW to trial home quarantine

THE Premier said the government is working towards reopening international borders when the state reaches 80 percent double vaccination and will be trialing a home quarantine system beginning at the end of the month.

The trial will include 175 people, including people returning to regional NSW and using a new facial recognition and location based application, to allow police to check compliance.

New South Wales has quarantined more than 250,000 Australians returning home, since the pandemic began, more than all other states in Australia combined.

The state has reached 49.6 percent double vaccination and 80.7 percent first dose.

Covid statistics in the past 24 hours:

• 1,284 new cases of covid were identified;
• 1,245 people are hospitalised;
• 228 people are in ICU;
• 112 people are being ventilated;
• 12 people have passed away including:
  • 2 in their 20s
  • 3 in their 50s
  • 1 in their 60s
  • 2 in their 70s
  • 3 in their 80s
  • 1 in their 90s
  • 7 of those people were unvaccinated
  • 2 had received one dose and
  • 3 were fully vaccinated
  • 3 deaths were associated with an aged care facility in Dubbo

Regional cases:

• 60 – Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
• 36 – Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
• 36 – Northern Sydney LHD,
• 27 – Central Coast LHD,
• 24 – Hunter New England LHD,
• 17 – Southern NSW LHD,
• 15 – Western NSW LHD,
• 5 – Far West LHD,
• 1 – Murrumbidgee LHD,
• 11 – correctional settings
• 31 – yet to be assigned to an LHD.

*The case locations in the Hunter New England Health District will be received later today and be updated here.

Sewerage detection: Virus fragments have been identified in Uralla, Gunnedah, Inverell, Karuah, Coffs Harbour, Cowra, Young and Narooma.