Premier: Get Tested This Weekend

PREMIER has called out for more people to be tested on the weekend.

There were nine new cases of covid-19 identified overnight, of concern four of those cases were from unknown community transmission.

The Premier has urged residents to get tested, even if they have the mildest of any symptoms and to keep testing numbers up during the weekend, “don’t wait until Monday to be tested.”

To be tested locally, Scott Memorial Hospital is Scone tests during the week and Muswellbrook Hospital also tests during the weekend. Please phone the hospital to make an appointment for drive through testing.

NSW Heat Maps

New South Wales is the first in Australian to produce heat maps. 

The Premier said it provides “important data on where the cases are, how many people have been tested in those areas, but also give a good picture to people who might live in a hot spot to make sure they are extra cautious and come forward and get tested.”

View the map: NSW Heat Map.

Health Businesses Online

More than 1,800 businesses responded to the call to produce more personal protective equipment, hand sanitisers and other critical supplies for the pandemic.

The government is working with suppliers to bolster supplies across the state and opened up a portal for everyone to access these important suppliers: Buy.NSW.gov.au.

Health Update

• 9 new cases: 3 known source, 1 under investigation, 1 from overseas, 4 locally acquired from an unknown source
• 3,025 total cases
• 108 people being treated
• 14 people in ICU
• 12 people on ventilators
• 1 death – a 74 year old man from Newmarch House. Total of 13 deaths at the facility, 3 new cases have been identified, a total of 59 cases including 22 staff and 27 residents.