Covid: New local cases

ANOTHER case of covid has been confirmed in Muswellbrook and another in Singleton.

The state has reached 88.5 percent first vaccination rate and 67.5 per second dose vaccination rate. On current trend the projection is the state will reach 70 percent on October 7, 80 percent on October 17 and 90 percent on October 27.

There were 608 new cases throughout the state, 978 people are hospitalised, 190 people are in intensive care, 94 are being ventilated and 6 people have passed away.

There were 65 new cases of covid in the Hunter New England Health district 25 people are hospitalised and three people are currently in intensive care.

New cases in Hunter New England Health area include:

• 1 in Muswellbrook
  • 16 active cases
• 1 in Singleton
  • 19 active cases
• 6 in Gunnedah
  • 4 in Gunnedah
  • 1 in Carroll
  • 1 in Kelvin
  • 8 active cases
• 5 in Cessnock
  • 3 in Cessnock
  • 1 in Abermain
  • 1 in Cliftleigh
  • 98 active cases
• 1 in Liverpool Plains
  • 1 in Werris Creek
  • 1 active case

Covid cases by local health district:

• 183 are from South Western Sydney
• 96 are from Western Sydney
• 65 are from Hunter New England
• 51 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven
• 50 are from South Eastern Sydney
• 40 are from Sydney
• 28 are from Central Coast
• 24 are from Nepean Blue Mountains
• 24 are from Northern Sydney
• 19 are from Southern NSW
• 8 are from Western NSW
• 6 are from Northern NSW
• 2 are from Mid North Coast
• 1 from Murrumbidgee
• 4 in correctional settings
• 7 are yet to be assigned to an LHD