Today’s covid numbers update

Hunter New England Health numbers:

• 79 cases
• 23 were in isolation while infectious
• 43 were infectious in the community
• 13 still under investigation

Breakdown by local government area:

• 25 – Newcastle
• 11 – Lake Macquarie
• 11 – Maitland
• 10 – Cessnock
• 9 – Mid Coast
• 9 – Tamworth
• 3 – Port Stephens
• 1 – Gunnedah

Statewide covid numbers:

• 400 new cases identified
• 677 people hospitalised
• 145 people in intensive care
• 77 people being ventilated
• 4 people have died
  • 1 in their 50s
  • 1 in their 70s
  • 2 in their 80s

Statewide cases by local health district:

• 92 – South Western Sydney
• 79 – Hunter New England
• 63 – Western Sydney
• 31 – Illawarra Shoalhaven
• 31 – Sydney
• 28 – South Eastern Sydney
• 20 – Nepean Blue Mountains
• 15 – Central Coast
• 14 – Western NSW
• 8 – Murrumbidgee
• 6 – correctional setting
• 4 – Northern Sydney
• 3 – Far West
• 2 – Northern NSW
• 2 – Southern NSW
• 1 – yet to be assigned to an LHD.