Wednesday: Covid numbers

THERE were 83 cases of covid-19 identified in the Hunter New England Health district in the past 24 hours, with a total of 1,772 active cases.

New cases by local government area:

• 24 – Newcastle (96 active cases)
• 20 – Cessnock (310)
• 11 – Port Stephens (96)
• 7 – Lake Macquarie (430)
• 6 – Maitland (251)
• 6 – Tamworth (108)
• 5 – Mid-Coast (139)
• 3 – Dungog (7)
• 1 – Armidale (3)

Statewide covid numbers:

• 305 new cases identified
• 418 people were admitted to hospital
• 97 people are in intensive care
• 43 people are being ventilated
• 3 people have died
  • one person in their 30s
  • one person in the 70s
  • one person in their 80s

Statewide case numbers by local health district:

• 83 – Hunter New England
• 38 – Murrumbidgee
• 36 – South Western Sydney
• 22 – Mid North Coast
• 22 – Sydney
• 18 – South Eastern Sydney
• 18 – Western Sydney
• 15 – Illawarra Shoalhaven
• 13 – Northern Sydney
• 11 – Southern NSW
• 7 – Western NSW
• 6 – Nepean Blue Mountains
• 3 – Central Coast
• 2 – in a correctional setting
• 1 – Northern NSW
• 1 – Far West
• 8 – yet to be assigned to an LHD