Life under social isolation or mandatory "stay home orders".

[kingofnobbys]

29 December = DELTA WAVE Day 196 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 21 < CONTINUED NSW >

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29/12/2021 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded a horrendous and terrifying new record over night of 11201 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 149641 cases , overtaking Victoria's Delta Wave total.
10610 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 3 delta death..

NSW POSITIVITY = 7.1%

NSW Reff = 1.7

29 December 2021
To Monday 27 December 2021 across NSW, 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.5 per cent have received two doses.

Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.5 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.2 per cent have received two doses.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 13,582,491 with 4,342,392 administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 9,240,099 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Monday 27 December 2021.

NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

Everyone aged 18 years and older may now receive a booster after receiving their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. We urge people to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible, to best protect yourself, your loved ones and the community from the ongoing transmission of COVID-19. If you are due for a booster over the Christmas/New Year period, you can have it a little earlier.

We also strongly recommend that people aged 12 years and over who are severely immunocompromised have a third primary dose of vaccine from two months after their second dose.

NSW Health is today reporting the death of 3 people with COVID-19.
2 women, one woman in her 70s and one woman in her 90s, died at the Warabrook Aged Care facility in Newcastle where they acquired their infections. The woman in her 90s had received 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions. The woman in her 70s had received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.
A man in his 80s from Sydney's Inner West died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.

There are currently 625 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 61 people in intensive care, 23 of whom require ventilation.
There were 157,758 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 93,581.
NSW recorded 11,201 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

48 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 154,002.
Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; or have been in a venue which NSW Health has advised there has been high transmission.
This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those not vaccinated.

NSW Health, in recent weeks, has changed its approach to contact tracing for the growing number of people in the community exposed to cases of COVID-19.
NSW Health is now prioritising households of cases and settings with vulnerable people where COVID-19 cases may have visited or worked.
People who have been confirmed as COVID-19 cases are asked to tell those they have recently spent time with that they have tested positive.
Most people who become aware that they been exposed to a person with COVID-19 will be advised of this by their friends, colleagues and social networks. NSW Health will only contact with a small number of exposed people to direct them into self-isolation under the public health order.

Most people who have spent time with a person with COVID-19 in an indoor setting are advised to get tested and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.
When the negative test result is received, they can leave isolation. NSW Health asks that they continue to be aware of any developing COVID-19 symptoms.
If symptoms do later appear, people are asked to immediately seek a PCR test, and isolate until a negative test is received.
If you do not have symptoms, it is advised to take a rapid antigen test as an additional precaution before going out, particularly if socialising in groups of people or anywhere it may be difficult to socially distance. Information on how to use rapid antigen tests is available on the NSW Government website.
Around a quarter of people exposed to COVID-19 may still develop their infection after seven days. For the next seven days, they should exercise caution and avoid high-risk settings and large indoor gatherings, and use a rapid antigen test if coming into contact with vulnerable people.

Of the 11,201 cases reported to 8pm last night,
2,181 are from South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
1,855 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
1,744 are from Sydney LHD,
1,654 are from Western Sydney LHD,
1,359 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
775 are from Hunter New England LHD,
388 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
291 are from Central Coast LHD,
255 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
216 are from Northern NSW LHD,
91 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
73 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
73 are from Western NSW LHD,
39 are from Southern NSW LHD,
5 are from Far West LHD,
1 is in a correctional setting,
and 201 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.


Testing clinics & path labs in all major metro areas are being overwhelmed by residents who are seeking PCR tests , many to get clearance to travel interstate .
NSW is moving non-necessary covid testing to Rapid Antigen Testing , and contact tracing is under review to change the definition of "close contacts" .
Too bad RATs are scarce as hen's teeth thoughout NSW , as there's been a huge run on RATs in chemists and grocery stores and they have become the new "dunnypaper" .

Incredibly :
Sydney Harbour's NY Fireworks are still on.
The SCG will still be doing the international Cricket ....
Masks are still not mandated in all settings.
Let-It-Rip Dom wants everyone to get out there and party , spend and travel all over the state and country .... most pple are ignoring this call and staying put and holding back on all those activities .
No lockdowns planned.

GREATER SYDNEY LHAs

Huge surges are being seen in Delta and Omicron cases ALL OVER Greater Sydney , hitting all time record highs in all LHDs.

SYDNEY SATELLITE LHAs

Huge surges are being seen in Delta and Omicron cases IN ALL Greater Sydney Satellite Cities / LHDs , hitting all time record highs in all LHDs.

HNE LHD

29/12/2012 HNE
775 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region.
There are 7743 active cases in the District.
31 active cases are being cared for in our hospitals, 3 are in ICU.

Of the 775 new cases:
- 187 are from Lake Macquarie LGA
- 185 are from Newcastle LGA
- 122 are from Maitland LGA
- 55 are from Cessnock LGA
- 52 are from Port Stephens LGA
- 47 are from Tamworth Regional LGA
- 31 are from Singleton LGA
- 26 are from Mid Coast LGA
- 14 are from Narrabri LGA+++
- 12 are from Moree Plains LGA++
- 9 are from Gunnedah LGA+++
- 8 are from Upper Hunter LGA
- 8 are from Armidale Regional LGA+
- 7 are from Muswellbrook LGA
- 4 are from Inverell LGA++
- 3 are from Dungog LGA
- 2 are from Uralla LGA (near Armidale )
- 1 is from Glen Innes LGA++
- 1 is from Gwydir LGA ( FAR NORTH HNE near Narrabri)+++
- 1 is from Liverpool Plains LGA+++

2 women, one woman in her 70s and one woman in her 90s, died at the Warabrook Aged Care facility in Newcastle where they acquired their infections.
This is very worrying hits our family directly as my mother-in-law is a resident at this facility and she is quite frail with severe heart issue and still recovering from a knee replacement ( done over a 12 months ago ).
The woman in her 90s had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.
The woman in her 70s had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.

HNE LHA total ADDED 775 , NOW stands at 14617 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

 

[kingofnobbys]

29 December = DELTA WAVE Day 196 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 21 < CONTINUED NSW P2>

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WNSW LHD

29/12/2021 WNSW
Up to 8pm last night there were 73 new cases identified in the Western NSW Local Health District:
Orange - 15 (2 with Cabonne addresses)***
Dubbo LGA - 14 (Wellington 2) +
Cabonne Shire - 8 (Cargo 5, Molong 2, Cudal 1) (near Orange) ***
Bathurst LGA – 6*
Mid-Western LGA - 5 (Mudgee 5)+++
Parkes - 4
Cowra LGA – 3 - (92km from Orange)***
Oberon – 3*
Bogan Shire - 3 (Nyngan 3)**
Condobolin – 2 (99km from Forbes)
Forbes - 2
Bourke – 2 ++
Walgett Shire – 1++++
Gilgandra - 1
Warrumbungle Shire - 1 (Coolah 1) –( nearest Dubbo ) +
Blayney Shire - 1
Gulargambone – 1 (86km Coonabarabran )
Cobar – 1**

WNSW LHA total ADDED 73 , NOW stands at 2670 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

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29/12/2021 VIC

VIC recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 3767 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 147061 cases.
3277mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 5 delta deaths..

VIC POSITIVITY =5.01%

VIC Reff = 1.5

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29/12/2021 QLD

QLD recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 1589 LOCAL cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 6652 cases.
1574 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
QLD recorded 0 delta deaths..
QLD POSITIVITY =4.54%

Neg PCR tests are no longer a requirement for Vic, SA , ACT and NSW residents to travel into QLD, they must now carry of RATs 3 days prior to entering QLD and produce a StatDec to this effect , and isolate for 3 days on entering QLD til a 2nd neg RAT is produced.

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29/12/2021 WA

WA recorded 2 LOCAL case , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 18 cases.
2 mystery cases.
1 repats from o/seas.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..
WA POSITIVITY = 0.05%

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29/12/2021 SA

SA recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 1470 LOCAL cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 6691 cases.
1226 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
SA recorded 0 delta deaths..
SA POSITIVITY =6.47%

Elective surgeries in all SA have been cancelled to prepare for the expected influx of VOC patients.

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29/12/2021 ACT

ACT recorded 138 LOCAL cases LOCAL case , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 3187 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
ACT recorded 0 delta deaths..
ACT POSITIVITY =4.54%

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29/12/2021 TAS

TAS recorded THEIR ALL TIME HIGH OVERNIGHT = 55 LOCAL cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 298 cases.
43mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..
TAS POSITIVITY =1.63%

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29/12/2021 NT

NT recorded 19 LOCAL cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 235 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NT recorded 0 delta deaths..
NT Aboriginal Tribal Councils are calling for mask mandates everywhere in NT .

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29 December = NEW ZEALAND DELTA WAVE Day & OMICRON OUTBREAK

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29/12/2021 NZ

NZ recorded 46 LOCAL cases , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10735 cases.
1 mystery cases.
8 repats from o/seas.
NZ recorded 1 delta death.

 

[kingofnobbys]

30 December = DELTA WAVE Day 197 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 22

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Delta Wave and Omicron Outbreaks in all states of Australia except WA and Victoria are hitting new all time daily local case records DAILY and showing no sign of the vertical case number curve slowing --- going from bad to worse . IN FACT , todays case numbers from all the major eastern states , in particular NSW , Vic , QLD, and SA were nothing short of cataclysmic .

National Cabinet has changed the definition of a close contact to "exposed to a known covid case" in an enclosed space for at least 4 hours. This will be put into effect in all states except WA, NT and QLD who refused on expert health advise to agree.

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

Australia recorded more than 20k daily cases today , recording 21341 cases o/night ,
Australia's CUMULATIVE LOCAL DELTA + OMICRON cases as of today = 335229.

30/12/2021 POSITIVITY RATES

Positivities > 5% are regarded as covid out of control , pandemic desaster levels by WHO , CDC etc.

National recorded highs daily THIS WEEK

New Australian records

22/12/2021 = 5739 up 24%
23/12/2021 = 8685 up 51%
24/12/2021 = 9128 up 5%
25/12/2021 = 9991 up 9%
26/12/2021 = 9619
27/12/2021 = 10189 up 2% BUT the real numbers will be significantly higher as it's now taking up to a week in NSW and Victoria to return PCR test results and this is masking the TRUE EXTENT of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW & Victoria.
28/12/2021 = 11263 up 11% , more than doubled daily case numbers in under 7 days. *
29/12/2021 = 18542 up 65% *
30/12/2021 = 21341 up 15% *

* NB ; very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )

DELTA DEATHS TODAY

Australia = 16
NSW = 1, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 602
Victoria 14, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 707
ACT = 0 . ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 12
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 1
QLD = 0
SA = 1 ( a 2yr old infact who contracted Omicron ) total for DELTA + OMICRON = 2.

NATIONAL VAXX ROLLOUT
STATUS TODAY

BOOSTER ROLLOUT DAILY SNAPSHOTS

 

[kingofnobbys]

30 December = DELTA WAVE Day 197 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 22 < CONTINUED NSW >

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30/12/2021 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded a horrendous and terrifying new record over night of 12226 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 161871 cases.
11776 mystery cases.
2 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 1 delta death..

NSW POSITIVITY = 12.58%
This puts NSW on par will the worse covid hotspots overseas , this is a national desaster , only the PM and NSW Premier are still refusing to take expert health advice and try to control Delta & Omicron spread.

NSW Reff = 1.7 ( most scientifically literate people in NSW are regarding this number as NOT reflective of teh ACTUAL NSW Reff as case numbers are increasing at a much higher exponential rate than this would infer ).
A key cause of error in this inferred NSW Reff is the very long delays in recieving PCR test results especially in Greater Sydney and Sydney Satellite LHDs.

30 December 2021
To Tuesday 28 December 2021 across NSW, 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.5 % have received two doses.

Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.5 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.1 % have received two doses.

NSW Health is today reporting the death of a woman in her 70s from the Central Coast who died at Wyong Hospital. She was a resident of the Hakea Grove Aged Care facility, where she acquired her infection. She was not vaccinated and had underlying health conditions.

There are currently 746 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 63 people in intensive care, 24 of whom require ventilation.

There were 97,201 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 157,758.

NSW recorded 12,226 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

43 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 166,184.

Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; or have otherwise been advised by NSW Health to get tested.

This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those not vaccinated.

Rapid antigen testing can be an additional precaution that you can take if you are planning to socialise with large groups of people, particularly indoors, or interacting with people who are elderly or have serious health conditions. Information on how to use rapid antigen tests is available on the NSW Government website.
However nation wide RATs are in very short supply and expensive ( up to $100 per pack of 5 tests, a very strong disincentive for those on pensions, CES benefits, the working poor , and a problem that's being ignore by the PM and the NSW Premier).

Of the 12,226 cases reported to 8pm last night,
2,229 are from South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
2,085 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
2,042 are from Western Sydney LHD,
1,767 are from Sydney LHD,
1,310 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
708 are from Hunter New England LHD,
612 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
291 are from Central Coast LHD,
247 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
244 are from Northern NSW LHD,
120 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
107 are from Southern NSW LHD,
80 are from Western NSW LHD,
72 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
8 are from Far West LHD,
3 are in correctional settings,
and 308 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

Incredibly :
Sydney Harbour's NY Fireworks are still on.
The SCG will still be doing the international Test UK vs Australia Cricket Day Night Tests.
Masks are still not mandated in all settings.
Let-It-Rip Dom wants everyone to get out there and party , spend and travel all over the state and country .... most pple are ignoring this call and staying put and holding back on all those activities .
No lockdowns planned.

GREATER SYDNEY LHAs

SYDNEY SATELLITE LHAs

Omicron is now dominant strain in NSW and is ripping through Greater Sydney & Sydney Satellite LHDs like napalm, even 000 service is being overwhelmed now , and students are being callin to drive ambulences who are run of their feet despite have many crew forced into ISO because they have contracted Delta or Omicron or BOTH VOCs or waiting PCR test results and clearance to return to active duty.

Can hear a literally constant stream of ambulence sirens speeding along the Newcastle - Sydney ByPass ( only a few 100 m from here ) , and there have been lots of MediVac helicopters flying overhead for last few days.... seems the wheels definitely fallen off here in the Lower HNE LHDs LGAs of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland , Cessnock.
Delta and Omicron cases ALL OVER Greater Sydney & Satellites are hitting all time record highs in all LHDs.

HNE LHD

30/12/2012 HNE
708 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region.
There are 8159 active cases in the District.
25 active cases are being cared for in our hospitals, 1 is in ICU.

Of the 708 new cases:
- 194 are from Lake Macquarie LGA
- 153 are from Newcastle LGA
- 97 are from Maitland LGA
- 58 are from Port Stephens LGA
- 48 are from Cessnock LGA
- 39 are from Tamworth Regional LGA
- 30 are from Mid Coast LGA
- 23 are from Singleton LGA
- 17 are from Narrabri LGA+++
- 16 are from Muswellbrook LGA
- 10 are from Upper Hunter LGA
- 6 are from Moree Plains LGA++
- 4 are from Armidale Regional LGA+
- 4 are from Liverpool Plains LGA+++
- 3 are from Dungog LGA
- 2 are from Gunnedah LGA+++
- 2 are from Gwydir LGA+++
- 1 is from Glen Innes LGA++

HNE LHA total ADDED 708 , NOW stands at 15315 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.


WNSW LHD

30/12/2021 WNSW

Up to 8pm last night there were 80 new cases identified in the Western NSW Local Health District:
Orange - 27 (3 with Cabonne addresses)**
Mid-Western LGA - 9 (Mudgee 5, Gulgong 3, Rylstone 1)*
Warren – 8 ( 78km from Nygan )+++
Cabonne Shire - 7 (Molong 2, Cumnock 2, Manildra 2, Cargo 1)**
Bathurst LGA - 6 (Kelso 2)++
Narromine Shire - 5 (Trangie 4)+
Oberon LGA - 4 (O'Connell 1)++
Dubbo – 4+
Brewarrina – 4*
Blayney Shire – 2*
Forbes – 1*
Bourke – 1*
Warrumbungle Shire 1 (Coolah 1)+
Coonamble – 1 ( 116km from Coonabarabran) +

WNSW LHA total ADDED 80 , NOW stands at 2750 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

 

[kingofnobbys]

30 December = DELTA WAVE Day 197 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 22 < VIC and other states >

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30/12/2021 VIC

VIC recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 5135 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 152196 cases.
4662mystery cases.
2 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 14 delta deaths..

VIC POSITIVITY = 6.33%

Vic Premier has ordered that RATs be made available to all IN VICTORIA on request FOC in an effort to take some pressure off the PCR testing clinic which are being overwhelmed .

VIC Reff = 1.73

MOST ACTIVE LGAs

OVERVIEW

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30/12/2021 QLD

QLD recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 2222 LOCAL cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 8874 cases.
2201 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
QLD recorded 0 delta deaths..
QLD POSITIVITY = 6.32%

Torres Strait Thursday Island COVID-19 outbreak has worsened with 8 new cases detected. Acting Director of Medical Services in the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Marlow Coates, said they were all connected to the 1 case confirmed yesterday.
The initial case was double vaccinated and is believed to have contracted the virus in New South Wales.
Dr Coates said all those who had tested positive so far were well and being supported at home. He said some of the new cases were vaccinated, but others weren't.
He said all non-critical health functions had been suspended while authorities tried to track the outbreak and protect vulnerable community members.

The double-dose vaccination rate on Thursday Island is currently at 76 per cent for residents aged over 12.

Dr Coates said while the virus would reach all parts of the state eventually, severe weather and grounding of flights would temporarily slow this outbreak, giving authorities a slight head start in contact tracing. He said the weather should not impact testing or vaccination capacity.

Contact tracing is underway and is largely focusing on a flight from Cairns to Horn Island on Christmas Eve, as well as the Torres Strait Hotel on Boxing Day.

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30/12/2021 WA

WA recorded 4 LOCAL case , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 22 cases.
0 mystery cases.
1 repats from o/seas.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..
WA POSITIVITY = 0.02%

Local cases are all linked with the Backpacker Cluster.

Western Australia will strengthen its border with Queensland and South Australia from Friday, 6pm in an effort to keep incursions of Omicron out of the state.
The 2 states will be reclassified as 'extreme risk' as local COVID-19 cases surge in those areas. Travel from Queensland or South Australia to WA will not be permitted from 6pm on New Year's Eve unless an exemption is authorised.
Approved travellers must be fully vaccinated and undertake 14 days of hotel quarantine at their own expense on their arrival.

New national definitions for COVID-19 close contacts, isolation periods and testing will not apply to Western Australia until it opens its borders in February.

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30/12/2021 SA

SA recorded 1374 LOCAL cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 8065 cases.
1328 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
SA recorded 1 delta deaths.. ( Tragically a 2yo infant succumbed to Omicron overnight in Adelaide .)
SA POSITIVITY = 5.78%

SA doctors told to work even if they are a "close-contact".

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30/12/2021 ACT

ACT recorded A BIG SURGE to 253 LOCAL cases LOCAL cases , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 3440 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
ACT recorded 0 delta deaths..
ACT POSITIVITY = 5.95%

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30/12/2021 TAS

TAS recorded THEIR ALL TIME HIGH OVERNIGHT = 92 LOCAL cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 389 cases.
77 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..
TAS POSITIVITY = 3.66%

Tasmania to scrap MANDATORY PCR-test for travellers , they are now required to take a RAT before arrival .

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30/12/2021 NT

NT recorded 37 LOCAL cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 268 cases.
13 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NT recorded 0 delta deaths..
NT POSITIVITY = 1.02%

The Northern Territory's daily COVID-19 case tally has almost doubled with 37 new infections detected.ealth Minister Natasha Fyles told reporters on Thursday.

"It is disappointing to have 37 cases but the good news is that that rate of spread is still low in terms of those positive cases," she said.

More than 20 cases are interstate travellers or people who are household contacts of recent arrivals in the territory.

Two people tested positive after going to a birthday party in Darwin on December 23.

Nine more have been linked to a community cluster in the towns of Tennant Creek and Katherine, bringing that outbreak to 163 cases.

Two were US marines deployed in Australia who flew to the NT from Queensland, and another is a Royal Darwin Hospital nurse.

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30 December = NEW ZEALAND DELTA WAVE Day & OMICRON OUTBREAK

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30/12/2021 NZ

NZ recorded 60 LOCAL cases , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10795 cases.
1 mystery cases.
11 repats from o/seas.
NZ recorded 0 delta death.

 

[kingofnobbys]

31 December = DELTA WAVE Day 198 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 23

GOOD RIDDANCE to 2021 , it's NOT BEEN FUN .

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Delta Wave and Omicron Outbreaks in all states of Australia except WA and Victoria are hitting new all time daily local case records DAILY and showing no sign of the vertical case number curve slowing --- going from bad to worse . IN FACT , todays case numbers from all the major eastern states , in particular NSW , Vic , QLD, and SA were nothing short of cataclysmic .

National Cabinet has changed the definition of a close contact to "exposed to a known covid case" in an enclosed space for at least 4 hours. This will be put into effect in all states except WA, NT and QLD who refused on expert health advise to agree.

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

Australia recorded more than 30k daily cases FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER in this pandemic today , recording 32941 cases o/night ,
Australia's CUMULATIVE LOCAL DELTA + OMICRON cases as of today = 368170.

31/12/2021 POSITIVITY RATES

NSW now recording positivities > 10% , horrific levels of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW , And between 5% and 10% in Vic, ACT, QLD and SA , which is indicative of the pandemic spreading uncontrolled in the community.

National recorded highs daily THIS WEEK

New Australian records

22/12/2021 = 5739 up 24%
23/12/2021 = 8685 up 51%
24/12/2021 = 9128 up 5%
25/12/2021 = 9991 up 9%
26/12/2021 = 9619
27/12/2021 = 10189 up 2% BUT the real numbers will be significantly higher as it's now taking up to a week in NSW and Victoria to return PCR test results and this is masking the TRUE EXTENT of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW & Victoria.
28/12/2021 = 11263 up 11% , more than doubled daily case numbers in under 7 days. *
29/12/2021 = 18542 up 65% *
30/12/2021 = 21341 up 15% *
31/12/2021 = 32941 up 54% *

* NB ; very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )

DELTA DEATHS TODAY

Australia = 16
NSW = 6, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 608
Victoria 7, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 714
ACT = 0 . ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 12
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 1
QLD = 0
SA = 1 ==> total for DELTA + OMICRON = 3.

NATIONAL ICU BED AUDIT

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31/12/2021 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded a horrendous and terrifying new record over night of 21151 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 183022 cases.
20602 mystery cases.
1 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 6 delta death..

NSW POSITIVITY = 14.25%

NSW Reff = 2.06

31 December 2021

To Wednesday 29 December 2021 across NSW, 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.6 % have received two doses.

Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.5 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.2 % have received two doses.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 13,648,551, with 4,368,796 administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 9,279,755 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Tuesday 29 December 2021.

NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine are now available for people aged 18 and over. We urge people to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible, to best protect yourself, your loved ones and the community from the ongoing transmission of COVID-19. We also strongly recommend that people aged 12 years and over who are severely immunocompromised have a third primary dose of vaccine from two months after their second dose.

NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 6 people.
A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Nepean Hospital. She was a resident of Fitzgerald Aged Care in Windsor, where she acquired her infection. She had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A man in his 70s from south-western Sydney died at Liverpool Hospital. He was not vaccinated.
A man in his 70s from the Newcastle area died at John Hunter Hospital. He was a resident of the Kilpatrick Court aged care facility in Toronto, where he acquired his infection. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A woman in her 60s from western Sydney died at Liverpool Hospital. She had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A man in his 90s from Sydney's north shore died at Royal North Shore Hospital. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A man in his 70s from south-western Sydney died at Concord Hospital. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

There are currently 832 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 69 people in intensive care, 19 of whom require ventilation.

There were 148,410 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 97,201. NSW recorded 21,151 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
20 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 187,315.
Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; or have otherwise been advised by NSW Health to get tested.
This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those not vaccinated.
Rapid antigen testing can be an additional precaution that you can take if you are planning to socialise with large groups of people, particularly indoors, or interacting with people who are elderly or have serious health conditions. Information on how to use rapid antigen tests is available on the NSW Government website.


NSW Health urges the community to continue to practise COVID-safe behaviours on New Year's Eve. One of the most effective ways of reducing the spread of COVID-19 is to stick to small groups when socialising and to keep events preferably outdoors, and ensure good ventilation when indoors.
If heading to a venue, use the Service NSW check-in app where available, wear a mask and practise physical distancing.

Of the 21,151 cases reported to 8pm last night,
4,647 are from South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
3,439 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
2,919 are from Western Sydney LHD,
2,278 are from Sydney LHD,
2,194 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
1,983 are from Hunter New England LHD,
821 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
632 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
597 are from Central Coast LHD,
260 are from Northern NSW LHD,
244 are from Western NSW LHD,
159 are from Southern NSW LHD,
131 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
121 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
6 are from Far West LHD,
and 720 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

There will be many superspreading events all over NSW , especially in Greater Sydney tonight.
Huge queues at ALL testing clinics all over NSW ( as well in Victoria, SA , ACT, Tasmania, QLD and NT.
RATs are impossible to find anywhere in NSW, Victoria , ACT, QLD, Tasmania and SA, and some unscrupulous chemists are splitting 5pk RATs and selling individual RATs for up to $100 a test . Recommended price for a RAT 5pk is $50.
NSW Health refuse to provide RATs FOC.

GREATER SYDNEY LHAs

SYDNEY SATELLITE LHAs

Daily local case numbers each day are literally on a vertical trajectory in all the above LHDs now and showing no sign of peaking .

HNE LHD

31/12/2012 HNE

A terrifying new all time record high local case count overnight of 1, 983 confirmed in the Hunter New England region diagnosed to 8pm last night.

There are 10,138* active cases in the District.

35 active cases are being cared for in our hospitals, 2 are in ICU.

A man in his 70s from the Newcastle area died at John Hunter Hospital. He was a resident of the Kilpatrick Court aged care facility in Toronto, where he acquired his infection. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had serious underlying medical conditions.

Of the 1983 new cases:
- 730 are from Newcastle LGA*
- 480 are from Lake Macquarie LGA*
- 245 are from Maitland LGA**
- 138 are from Port Stephens LGA*
- 120 are from Cessnock LGA**
- 100 are from Mid Coast LGA
- 43 are from Singleton LGA***
- 24 are from Muswellbrook LGA***
- 21 are from Tamworth Reg. LGA
- 19 are from Upper Hunter LGA+
- 17 are from Armidale LGA++
- 11 are from Moree Plains LGA+*
- 10 are from Narrabri LGA+**
- 8 are from Dungog LGA+++
- 8 are from Inverell LGA+*
- 3 are from Gunnedah LGA+**
- 2 are from Liverpool Plains LGA+**
- 1 is from Glen Innes LGA+*
- 1 is from Gwydir LGA+**
- 1 is from Uralla LGA++
- 1 is from Walcha LGA++

HNE LHA total ADDED 1983 , NOW stands at 17258 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

 

[kingofnobbys]

31 December = DELTA WAVE Day 198 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 23

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WNSW LHD

31/12/2021 WNSW

WNSW LHD recorded their worst day of the entire pandemic , up to 8pm last night there were an ALL TIME RECORD of 244 new cases identified in the following local government areas in the Western NSW Local Health District:

Dubbo - 100 (inc 6 with Wellington addresses)*
Orange – 50*++*
Bathurst – 24+*+*+
Mid-Western - 17 (inc 9 with Mudgee addresses)**
Warrumbungle - 11 (inc 6 with Coonabarabran addresses)*
Oberon – 7*+*+*
Parkes – 7+*=+*
Cobar – 6 ( 131 km from Nyngan )*+
Cabonne – 4 (near Orange)*++*
Coonamble – 3 (near Coonabararbran / Dubbo) *
Cowra – 3 (92km from Orange)*++*
Narromine – 3*+*+
Brewarrina – 2***
Forbes – 2 **++
Lachlan - 2 (with Condobolin addresses , 102km form Forbes)**++
Warren -2 (54km from Narromine )
Blayney – 1*++

WNSW LHA total ADDED 244 , NOW stands at 2994 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

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31/12/2021 VIC

VIC recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 59195 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 158115 cases.
5344 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 7 delta deaths..

VIC POSITIVITY = 8.86%

VIC Reff = 2.12

VICTORIA OVERVIEW

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31/12/2021 QLD

QLD recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 3118 LOCAL cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 11992 cases.
3101 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
QLD recorded 0 delta deaths..
QLD POSITIVITY = 8.85%

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31/12/2021 WA

WA recorded 5 LOCAL case , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 24 cases.
0 mystery cases.
3 repats from o/seas.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..
WA POSITIVITY = 0.02%


WA recorded 2 new local cases of COVID-19 amid new exposure sites in Perth and the South West. Close contactS of another case in the recent Perth outbreak sparked by a backpacker.
Key points:
New exposure sites include South Bunbury, Preston Beach and Perth
There are still 24 close contacts in the outbreak yet to be tested
Restrictions are in place as Perth prepares to celebrate New Year's Eve

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31/12/2021 SA

SA recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 2093 LOCAL cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10158 cases.
2090 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
SA recorded 1 delta death.
SA POSITIVITY = 8.07%

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31/12/2021 ACT

ACT recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD of 462 LOCAL cases LOCAL cases , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 3440 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
ACT recorded 0 delta deaths..
ACT POSITIVITY = 9.89%

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31/12/2021 TAS

TAS recorded an ALL TIME HIGH OVERNIGHT = 137 LOCAL cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 526 cases.
99 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..
TAS POSITIVITY = 5.59%

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31/12/2021 NT

NT recorded an ALL TIME HIGH OVERNIGHT = 60 LOCAL cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 332 cases.
13 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NT recorded 0 delta deaths..
NT POSITIVITY = 2.15%

31/12/2021 NT
The Northern Territory's daily COVID-19 case tally has jumped to 60 infections as Omicron begins spreading through the community.

From 6pm on Friday, people will be required to wear face masks in all indoor public areas, putting a dampener on New Year's Eve celebrations for many.

'In the past 72 hours there has been a growing trend of community transmission,' Chief Minister Michael Gunner told reporters on Friday. 'We had one case of community transmission on Wednesday, four cases ... yesterday and we have at least 11 cases of community transmission today.'

More than 30 of the new cases are infected interstate arrivals or people who were close contacts of previous cases.
Another six cases are linked to a regional Delta outbreak that continues to spread in Katherine, 320km south of Darwin, and Tennant Creek, 510km north of Alice Springs.
The status of another 15 cases is yet to be determined. The majority of the community transmission is in Darwin. 'While we presume all regional cases are Delta we presume interstate arrivals and their close contacts are Omicron,' Mr Gunner said.

The chief minister announced a mask mandate for all public indoor venues across the territory, to start at 6pm on Friday.

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31 December = NEW ZEALAND DELTA WAVE Day & OMICRON OUTBREAK

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31/12/2021 NZ

NZ recorded 49 LOCAL cases , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10844 cases.
0 mystery cases.
13 repats from o/seas.
NZ recorded 0 delta death.

 

[kingofnobbys]

1 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 199 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 24

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Delta Wave and Omicron Outbreaks in all states of Australia except WA and Victoria are CONTINUING TO hit new all time daily local case records DAILY and showing no sign of the vertical case number curve slowing --- going from bad to worse . IN FACT , todays case numbers from all the major eastern states , in particular NSW , Vic , QLD, and SA were nothing short of cataclysmic .

National Cabinet has changed the definition of a close contact to "exposed to a known covid case" in an enclosed space AGAIN , LESS THAN 1 AFTER ANNOUNCING STATES HAVE AGREED TO NEW RULES.
Shambolic national response from ScoMo' government is true to form .

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

Australia recorded more than 30k daily cases again , recording 35319 cases o/night ,
Australia's CUMULATIVE LOCAL DELTA + OMICRON cases as of today has crashed through another horrifying benchmark to exceed 400k , is now = 403478.

FEDERAL REVISED GUIDELINES ISSUED TODAY

DETAILS

1/1/2022 POSITIVITY RATES
Are now well past WHO's level that indicates the pandemic is under control and on par with worse positivities seen anywhere on the planet thoughout the entire pandemic.

HOSPITALIZATION DAILY SNAPSHOTS (1 month)

There are no covid cases in WA's hospitals.

COMPARE PRIOR WAVES

We are now in uncharted terrritory in Australian because our Federal Government has repeated the same mistake made elsewhere of opening up prematurely, with insufficent people fully vaxxed ( w/boosters ) and trying the failed path of "living with Covid" and "letting Covid Rip".

Charted is a comparison of case numbers vs hospital bed occupied by severely ill covid cases for previous waves with this Omicron Tsusami..
Telling us with little supporting evidence , as it's too soon after Omicron emerged to know ,that Omicron is a mild VOC cf Delta , and Alpha ? but the hospitalisation (indicator of case severity) is climbing very steeply ( perhaps a consequence of the HUGE numbers ( record ) of new cases especially in NSW, Vic, QLD, and SA , and already at this very early stage putting already stressed NSW, Vic, QLD and SA hospital systems under enough stress to call in infected health workers to work despite their covid status .

National recorded highs daily THIS WEEK

New Australian records

22/12/2021 = 5739 up 24%
23/12/2021 = 8685 up 51%
24/12/2021 = 9128 up 5%
25/12/2021 = 9991 up 9%
26/12/2021 = 9619
27/12/2021 = 10189 up 2% BUT the real numbers will be significantly higher as it's now taking up to a week in NSW and Victoria to return PCR test results and this is masking the TRUE EXTENT of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW & Victoria.
28/12/2021 = 11263 up 11% , more than doubled daily case numbers in under 7 days. *
29/12/2021 = 18542 up 65% *
30/12/2021 = 21341 up 15% *
31/12/2021 = 32941 up 54% *
1/1/2022 = 35319 up 7% * *

* very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )
** Rules for getting official PCR test come into effect today , many fewer people can now show up and demand a PCR test unless told to by their state's health department or they are sick + very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )

DELTA DEATHS TODAY

Australia = 14
NSW = 4, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 612
Victoria 9, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 723
ACT = 0 . ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 12
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 1
QLD = 0
SA total for DELTA + OMICRON = 3.

 

[kingofnobbys]

1 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 199 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 24 pt1 = NSW

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1/1/2022 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded a horrendous and terrifying new record over night of 22577 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 205588 cases 22342 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 5 delta death..

NSW POSITIVITY = 18.928%

NSW Reff = 2.42

1 January 2022

NSW recorded 22,577 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Sadly, NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of four people; three women and one man. (update 5 people. )
One person was in their 60s, one person was in their 70s, and two people were in their 80s.
One person was from inner Sydney, one was from south-eastern Sydney, one was from western Sydney, and one was from south-western Sydney.
One person was unvaccinated, one person had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and two people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
One woman in her 80s was a resident of the Lilian Wells Nursing Home in North Parramatta, where she acquired her infection. It is the second death linked to an outbreak at this facility.
There are currently 901 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 79 people in intensive care, 26 of whom require ventilation.

There were 119,278 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 148,410.

Restrictions on PCR testing.
Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; Interstate travellers and international arrivals are not required to have a PCR test and should instead undertake Rapid Antigen Tests, as per the guidelines for the respective states and territories.
Symptomatic arrivals will be required to get a PCR as soon as possible and isolate until a negative result is received. If the PCR test is positive, the arrival must treat themselves as a positive case.
This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those not vaccinated.

30 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 209,862.
Of the 22,577 cases reported to 8pm last night,
4,297 are from South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
3,920 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
3,670 are from Western Sydney LHD,
2,613 are from Sydney LHD,
2,238 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
1,811 are from Hunter New England LHD,
1,023 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
809 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
715 are from Central Coast LHD,
306 are from Northern NSW LHD,
203 are from Southern NSW LHD,
195 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
154 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
152 are from Western NSW LHD,
16 are from Far West LHD,
and 451 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

GREATER SYDNEY LHAs

SYDNEY SATELLITE LHAs

Daily local case numbers each day are literally on a vertical trajectory in all the above LHDs now and showing no sign of peaking .

HNE LHD

1/1/2022 HNE
1,811 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region diagnosed to 8pm last night.
There are 6,060(!) total active cases in the District.
45 are receiving care in our hospitals and three are in ICU.

Masks are currently mandatory in all non-residential indoor settings and we strongly encourage everyone to wear a mask in any situation where they cannot socially distance.

Of the 1,811 new cases:
- 496 are from Newcastle LGA+
- 425 are from Lake Macquarie LGA+
- 241 are from Maitland LGA++
- 174 are from Port Stephens LGA+
- 146 are from Mid Coast LGA*
- 103 are from Cessnock LGA++
- 53 are from Tamworth Reg. LGA+*+
- 45 are from Singleton LGA+++
- 37 are from Narrabri LGA+*
- 31 are from Moree Plains LGA+*
- 20 are from Armidale LGA*++
- 9 are from Walcha LGA*++
- 9 are from Muswellbrook LGA+++
- 8 are from Upper Hunter LGA+
- 4 are from Dungog LGA**
- 2 are from Gunnedah LGA+*
- 2 are from Inverell LGA***
- 2 are from Liverpool Plains LGA+*
- 2 are from Uralla LGA*++
- 1 is from Gwydir LGA+*
- 1 is from Tenterfield LGA***+*

(!) Previous technical issues and changes to the isolation rules have resulted in a dramatic increase in cases released from isolation.

HNE LHA total ADDED 1811 , NOW stands at 19069 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

WNSW LHD

1/1/2022 WNSW

Up to 8pm last night there were 152 new cases identified in the following local government areas in the Western NSW Local Health District:
Bathurst – 7*
Blayney - 1 (Milthorpe) *+*+
Bogan - 3 (Nyngan)**++
Bourke – 2++
Brewarrina – 2*+
Cabonne - 9 +*+*
Cobar – 3**++
Coonamble – 1+
Dubbo - 28 (inc 1 with Wellington address)+
Forbes – 2+++
Gilgandra - 1 ***
Lachlan - 1 (Condobolin)+++
Mid-Western - 6 *+*
Orange – 63+*+*
Parkes – 4**
Walgett - 13 (inc 1 with Lightning Ridge address)++
Warrumbungle - 6 (inc 3 with Coonabarabran addresses )+

WNSW LHA total ADDED 152 , NOW stands at 3146 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

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1/1/2022 VIC

VIC recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 7442 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 165557 cases.
6870 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 9 delta deaths..

Omicron VOC is now the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW.

VIC POSITIVITY = 11.808%

VIC Reff = 2.58

VICTORIA OVERVIEW

 

[kingofnobbys]

1 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 199 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 24 < pt2 = other states >

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1/1/2022 QLD

QLD recorded 2266 LOCAL cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 14258 cases.
2261 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
QLD recorded 0 delta deaths..
QLD POSITIVITY = 6.486%

Queensland's mask mandate has been expanded to include workplaces, hospitality venues, and all indoor areas from January 2. It comes as the state recorded 2,266 cases in the 12 hours to 7pm last night.
"From 1am Sunday January 2 ... virtually all indoor spaces except when eating and drinking and when undertaking strenuous activity will now require masks," Deputy Premier Steven Miles told a media conference on Saturday. "This is on the advice of the Chief health Officers and is a further measure to slow that race of increase in cases."

From January 1 travellers with a negative result from either a PCR test or a Rapid Antigen Test will be given the green light to cross the border.
'The Chief Health Officer is satisfied that a negative result using a Rapid Antigen Test is sufficient for interstate arrivals,' Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced this week.Travellers will still need to complete a border declaration confirming that they have completed a negative test.
Anyone caught making false declarations faces cripplingly heavy fines if caught by authorities.
The move comes as Queensland comes to terms with the reality of living with Covid.

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1/1/2022 WA

WA recorded 2 LOCAL caseS , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 26 cases.
0 mystery cases.
1 repats from o/seas.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..
WA POSITIVITY = 0.054%

Western Australia has detected two new local COVID-19 cases linked to an infected French backpacker who travelled from Queensland.The new cases are close contacts of another recent infection and are in hotel quarantine, WA Health said on Saturday.
This takes the total number of cases linked to the so-called "backpacker outbreak" to 16, and includes the unvaccinated 25-year-old index case.
Many of the cases went to a busy Perth Mess Hall dance party with about 400 other people on December 19, many from the traveller community.
More than 770 close contacts have been identified, with 18 yet to be tested as police struggle to track down some backpackers who are thought to have left WA or are avoiding testing.

One new infection among returned travellers has also been identified.

WA has moved both Tasmania, which jumped from 520 active COVID-19 cases to 938 on New Year's Day, and the ACT, which increased by 448 cases to a total of 1479, from medium risk to high risk.
This means that, from Monday, anyone entering the state from the ACT or Tasmania must be fully vaccinated, take a PCR test within 24 hours of arrival and take another test on day 12 of their 14-day self-isolation.
They must also use the G2G Now app while in quarantine.

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1/1/2022 SA

SA recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 2108 LOCAL cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 12258 cases.
1666 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
SA recorded 0 delta deaths.
SA POSITIVITY = 8.861%

South Australia has reported 2100 new Covid cases with hospitalisations jumping from 40 to 71.
Just four Covid patients are in the intensive care ward.
Ten children are among the 71 people in South Australian hospitals being treated for COVID-19.
Among those in hospital are 10 children, one teenager, eight people in their 20s, seven people in their 30s, five people in their 40s, 16 people in their 50s, nine people in their 60s, six people in their 70s, seven people in their 80s, and two people in their 90s.

Earlier in the week a child under two years of age died with the virus.
Four people are in intensive care, all adults, including one who is on a ventilator.
The virus is also appearing in vulnerable communities and prisons.

Premier Steven Marshall said a worker at the Port Augusta sobering-up clinic was found to have the virus after increased detections in waste water.
Three residents at the clinic have also turned positive. 'All of those people will be designated as close contacts. We believe there could be between 30 and 50,' Mr Marshall told reporters on Saturday.

Thirty-six inmates at three prisons - Mobilong, Adelaide Women's and Adelaide Pre-Release - have the virus. 'We are putting plans in place to make sure we can manage this in the best-practice way,' Mr Marshall said.

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1/1/2022 ACT

ACT recorded 448 LOCAL cases LOCAL cases , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 4350 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
ACT recorded 0 delta deaths..
ACT POSITIVITY = 14.263%

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1/1/2022 TAS

TAS recorded an HUGE SURGE TO AN ALL TIME HIGH OVERNIGHT = 433 LOCAL cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 959 cases.
410 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..

The positivity in the cases recorded overnight is EXTREME and has shocked & appalled the state and the nation.
TAS POSITIVITY = 28.029%

Tasmania's Covid infections have TRIPLED to 433 cases on New Year's Day.Tasmania was free of the virus when it reopened to fully vaccinated travellers from mainland hotspots on December 15. The island state's government chose to wait until the population was 90% vaccinated unlike the majority of other states that opened at 80%.
Before opening Tasmania, with population of more than 541,000, had 238 cases in total and 13 deaths ( FOR THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC).

On Thursday it scrapped the requirement for travellers to take a PCR rest in the 72-hour period before travel to the state, moving to a rapid antigen test one day before arriving.( In line with NSW .)

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1/1/2022 NT

NT recorded 54 LOCAL cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 370 cases.
21 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NT recorded 0 delta deaths..
NT POSITIVITY = 2.007%

The Northern Territory has recorded 54 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 6 cases of community transmission. Of the community transmission cases, five were detected in Darwin and one was recorded in Katherine, according to a statement issued by the NT government.

18 of the new cases are in interstate arrivals. They include 2 cases in Nhulunbuy, in north-east Arnhem Land, who arrived separately on December 29.
The interstate cases also include 2 miners from the Granites Gold Mine in the Tanami and one miner from the Gemco mine on Groote Eylandt.

9 of the new cases are close contacts of previous cases, according to the statement.

21 of the cases are being investigated by authorities to determine the source.

Addressing the media on Saturday afternoon, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles said 3e of the cases under investigation had been reported from the Alice Springs testing centre. "We're working through to identify if they are travellers or close contacts or in fact community transmission in Alice Springs," she said.

She said there was also "a large number" of close contacts from the community of Elliot near Tennant Creek but no confirmed cases from the community.

There are currently 21 people in NT hospitals. None are in intensive care.

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1 January 2022 = NEW ZEALAND DELTA WAVE Day & OMICRON OUTBREAK

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1/1/2022 NZ

NZ recorded 49 LOCAL cases again , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10893 cases.
0 mystery cases.
13 repats from o/seas. again
NZ recorded 0 delta death.

 

[kingofnobbys]

2 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 200 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 25

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COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

2/1/2022 POSITIVITY RATES
Are now well past WHO's level that indicates the pandemic is under control and on par with worse positivities seen anywhere on the planet thoughout the entire pandemic.

COMPARE NSW & VIC POSITIVITIES

NATIONAL DAILY LOCAL CASES

22/12/2021 = 5739 up 24%
23/12/2021 = 8685 up 51%
24/12/2021 = 9128 up 5%
25/12/2021 = 9991 up 9%
26/12/2021 = 9619
27/12/2021 = 10189 up 2% BUT the real numbers will be significantly higher as it's now taking up to a week in NSW and Victoria to return PCR test results and this is masking the TRUE EXTENT of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW & Victoria.
28/12/2021 = 11263 up 11% , more than doubled daily case numbers in under 7 days. *
29/12/2021 = 18542 up 65% *
30/12/2021 = 21341 up 15% *
31/12/2021 = 32941 up 54% *
1/1/2022 = 35319 up 7% **
2/1/2022 = 32354 **

* very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )
** Rules for getting official PCR test come into effect today , many fewer people can now show up and demand a PCR test unless told to by their state's health department or they are sick + very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )

DELTA DEATHS TODAY

Australia = 5
NSW = 2, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 614
Victoria 3, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 726
ACT = 0 . ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 12
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 1
QLD = 0
SA total for DELTA + OMICRON = 2 on 1/1/2022 , 0 on 2/1/2022 == > total for DELTA WAVE
= 5.

 

[kingofnobbys]

2 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 200 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 25 L< pt1 = NSW >

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2/1/2022 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded 18275 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 223866 cases 18075 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 1 delta death..

NSW POSITIVITY = 20.30%

NSW Reff = 2.80

02 January 2022
To Friday 31 December 2021 across NSW, 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.6 % have received two doses.

Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.5 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.2 % have received two doses.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 13,687,794, with 4,374,152 administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 9,313,642 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Thursday 30 December 2021.

NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine are now available for people aged 18 and over. We urge people to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible, to best protect themselves, their loved ones and the community from the ongoing transmission of COVID-19. We also strongly recommend that people aged 12 years and over who are severely immunocompromised have a third primary dose of vaccine from two months after their second dose.

NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 2 people.

A man in his 80s from south western Sydney died at Concord Hospital. He had received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccination.

A man in his 90s from western Sydney died at Blacktown Hospital. He had received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccination.

There are currently AN ALL TIME RECORD FOR NSW OF 1,066 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 83 people in intensive care, 24 of whom require ventilation.

There were 90,019 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 119,278.

NSW recorded 18,278 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

22 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 228,118.
Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; or have otherwise been advised by NSW Health to get tested.

Interstate travellers and international arrivals are not required to have a PCR test and should instead undertake Rapid Antigen Tests, as per the guidelines for the respective states and territories.

Symptomatic arrivals will be required to get a PCR as soon as possible and isolate until a negative result is received. If the PCR test is positive, the arrival must treat themselves as a positive case.

This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those not vaccinated.

Rapid antigen testing can be an additional precaution that you can take if you are planning to socialise with large groups of people, particularly indoors, or interacting with people who are elderly or have serious health conditions. Information on how to use rapid antigen tests is available on the NSW Government website.

Around a quarter of people exposed to COVID-19 may still develop their infection beyond the 7 days after exposure. For the subsequent seven-day period, they should exercise caution and avoid high-risk settings and large indoor gatherings.

Of the 18,278 cases reported to 8pm last night,
3,740 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
3,336 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD,
2,961 are from Western Sydney LHD,
1,999 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
1,918 are from Sydney LHD,
1,342 are from Hunter New England LHD,
780 are from Nepean Blue Mountain LHD,
414 are from Central Coast LHD,
398 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
322 are from Northern NSW LHD,
289 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
201 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
153 are from Western NSW LHD,
123 are from Southern NSW LHD,
13 are from Far West LHD,
3 are in correctional settings
and 286 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

GREATER SYDNEY LHAs & SATELLITE LHAs
G-SYDNEY

SATELLITES

HNE LHD

2/1/2022 HNE
1,342 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region diagnosed to 8pm last night.
There are 7,005 total active cases in the District.
50 are receiving care in our hospitals and three are in ICU.
Masks are currently mandatory in all non-residential indoor settings and we strongly encourage everyone to wear a mask in any situation where they cannot socially distance.

Of the 1,342 new cases:
- 379 are from Newcastle LGA*
- 339 are from Lake Macquarie LGA*
- 159 are from Maitland LGA**
- 84 are from Cessnock LGA**
- 72 are from Mid Coast LGA*
- 71 are from Port Stephens LGA*
- 63 are from Tamworth Reg. LGA*
- 53 are from Muswellbrook LGA***
- 34 are from Singleton LGA***
- 23 are from Upper Hunter LGA*
- 19 are from Gunnedah LGA**++
- 15 are from Narrabri LGA**++
- 8 are from Armidale LGA*+
- 7 are from Dungog LGA*
- 5 are from Moree Plains LGA**+
- 4 are from Inverell LGA**+
- 3 are from Liverpool Plains LGA**++
- 2 are from Walcha LGA*+
- 1 is from Tenterfield LGA**+
- 1 is from Glen Innes LGA**+

HNE LHA total ADDED 1342 , NOW stands at 20411 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

WNSW LHD

2/1/2022 WNSW

Up to 8pm last night there were 153 new cases identified in the following local government areas (LGA) in the Western NSW Local Health District:
Bathurst – 9*+*+
Blayney – 2*+
Bourke – 4**!*!**
Brewarrina – 2*++
Cabonne - 3 */***
Cowra – 4*/***
Dubbo - 53 (inc 1 Wellington address)*%*
Forbes – 4*!*
Gilgandra – 2**++
Lachlan – 2*!*
Mid-Western - 9 (inc 7 with Mudgee addresses)**!!**
Narromine – 4**
Oberon – 6*+*+*
Orange -35***
Parkes – 4*+++
Walgett - 5 (inc 1 with Lightning Ridge address)*!*!
Warren - 1 (NEAR Nyngan )**!**
Warrumbungle - 3 (inc 1 Coonabarabran address)*%*
Weddin – 1 ( NEAR Cowra )*/***

WNSW LHA total ADDED 153 , NOW stands at 3299 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

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2/1/2022 VIC

VIC recorded 7172 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 172729 cases.
7164 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 3 delta deaths..

Omicron VOC is now the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW.

VIC POSITIVITY = 14.86%

VIC Reff = 2.82

VICTORIA OVERVIEW

 

[kingofnobbys]

2 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 200 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 25 < pt2 = other states >

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2/1/2022 QLD

QLD recorded AN ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 3586 LOCAL cases , QLD local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 17844 cases.
3556 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
QLD recorded 0 delta deaths..

QLD POSITIVITY = 10.55%

LOCAL DAILY CASES

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2/1/2022 WA

WA recorded 4 LOCAL caseS , WA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 30 cases.
0 mystery cases.
3 repats from o/seas.
WA recorded 0 delta deaths..

WA POSITIVITY = 0.24%

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2/1/2022 SA

SA recorded A NEW ALL TIME DAILY STATE RECORD OF 2298 LOCAL cases , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 14556 cases.
2284 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
SA recorded 0 delta deaths.

SA POSITIVITY = 10.87%

DAILY CASES

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2/1/2022 ACT

ACT recorded 506 LOCAL cases LOCAL cases , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 4856 cases.
0 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
ACT recorded 0 delta deaths..

ACT POSITIVITY = 14.03%

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2/1/2022 TAS

TAS recorded 404 LOCAL cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 1363 cases.
396 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..

The positivity in the cases recorded overnight is EXTREME and has shocked & appalled the state and the nation.
TAS POSITIVITY = 26.20%

DAILY CASES


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2/1/2022 NT

NT recorded AN ALL TIME RECORD HIGH OF 102 LOCAL cases , NT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 484 cases.
64 mystery cases.
0 repats from o/seas.
NT recorded 0 delta deaths..

NT POSITIVITY = 4.83%

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2 January 2022 = NEW ZEALAND DELTA WAVE Day & OMICRON OUTBREAK

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2/1/2022 NZ

NZ recorded 106 LOCAL cases again , NZ local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 10999 cases.
8 mystery cases.
34 repats from o/seas. again
NZ recorded 0 delta death.

 

[kingofnobbys]

3 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 201 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 26

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ScoMo has refused to make RATs available to all Australians FOC on demand, despite
> daily calls by Australia's leading health experts, leading ICU clinicians, leading Medical Doctors
> out of control DELTA+OMICRON TSUSAMIs in all the eastern states,
> restrictions on who now qualifies for a FREE PCR test ( and telling us all to take responsibility for our own covid safety by NOT getting PCR test but to BUY and USE a RAT BUT NOT ENSURING ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF RATs in NSW, Vic, SA, QLD, ACT to meet demand or setting a price
> spirally hospitalizations in NSW, Vic, SA, ACT, QLD ( record hospitalisations in Vic , NSW, QLD & SA )
> "000" Emergeny NO LONGER to be used to call for help if suffering from Covid
> telling sick covid people NOT to report to Hospital ERs or to call for an ambulance
> and not getting enough AZ vaxxed people boosted w/ an mRNA Booster
> and not getting the 5 to 11 yo vaxx rollout started.

Again the Federal Govt is refusing to accept it's constitutional responsibilities and to step in where it should be , instead , again this falls to the Premiers , the State CHOs and the State Health Ministers.

COMBINED DELTA & OMICRON WAVE IN AUSTRALIA

3/1/2022 POSITIVITY RATES
Are now well past WHO's level that indicates the pandemic is under control and on par with worse positivities seen anywhere on the planet thoughout the entire pandemic.

NATIONAL DAILY LOCAL CASES

22/12/2021 = 5739 up 24%
23/12/2021 = 8685 up 51%
24/12/2021 = 9128 up 5%
25/12/2021 = 9991 up 9%
26/12/2021 = 9619
27/12/2021 = 10189 up 2% BUT the real numbers will be significantly higher as it's now taking up to a week in NSW and Victoria to return PCR test results and this is masking the TRUE EXTENT of Delta and Omicron spread in NSW & Victoria.
28/12/2021 = 11263 up 11% , more than doubled daily case numbers in under 7 days. *
29/12/2021 = 18542 up 65% *
30/12/2021 = 21341 up 15% *
31/12/2021 = 32941 up 54% *
1/1/2022 = 35319 up 7% **
2/1/2022 = 32354 **
3/1/2022 =37205 up by 5% **

* very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )
** Rules for getting official PCR test come into effect today , many fewer people can now show up and demand a PCR test unless told to by their state's health department or they are sick + very long delays getting PCR test results ( > 4 days in NSW )

DELTA DEATHS TODAY

Australia = 8
NSW = 4, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 618
Victoria 3, ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 729
ACT = 0 . ==> total in this DELTA WAVE = 12
NT total in this DELTA WAVE ( and for entire pandemic ) = 1
QLD = 1
SA total for DELTA + OMICRON total for DELTA WAVE= 5.

 

[kingofnobbys]

3 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 201 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 26 < pt1 = NSW >

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3/1/2022 NSW

A desasterously bad day in NSW !

NSW recorded 20793 LOCAL cases , NSW local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 244669 cases 20420 mystery cases.
1 repats from o/seas.
NSW recorded 4 delta deaths..

NSW POSITIVITY = 21.49%

NSW Reff = 2.63

03 January 2022
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 13,693,067 with 4,379,425 administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 9,313,642 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Thursday 30 December 2021.

To Friday 31 December 2021 across NSW, 95 % of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.6 % have received two doses.
Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.5 % have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.2 % have received two doses.
NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.
Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine are now available for people aged 18 and over. From tomorrow, those 18 years and over are eligible for a booster if they had their second dose at least 4 months ago. We urge people to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible, to best protect themselves, their loved ones and the community from the ongoing transmission of COVID-19. We also strongly recommend that people aged 12 years and over who are severely immunocompromised have a third primary dose of vaccine from two months after their second dose.

NSW Health is reporting the deaths of four people with COVID-19, two men and two women. Two people were aged in their 70s, one in their 80s, and one in their 90s.
Three people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and one person had received three doses.
This includes a woman in her 90s from western Sydney who died at Bolton Clarke Cabrini Aged Care Facility in Westmead. It is the first death linked to an outbreak at this facility.



There are currently 1,204 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 95 people in intensive care, 25 of whom require ventilation.
There were 96,765 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 90,019.

NSW recorded 20,794 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

32 COVID-19 cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 248,875.
Testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure and the only people getting a PCR (nose and throat swab) should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case; or have otherwise been advised by NSW Health to get tested.

Interstate travellers and international arrivals are not required to have a PCR test and should instead undertake rapid antigen tests, as per the guidelines for the respective states and territories.
Symptomatic arrivals will be required to get a PCR as soon as possible and isolate until a negative result is received.
This applies to people who are fully or partially vaccinated, as well as those who are not vaccinated.

Rapid antigen testing can be an additional precaution that you can take if you are planning to socialise with large groups of people, particularly indoors, or interacting with people who are elderly or have serious health conditions. Information on how to use rapid antigen tests is available on the NSW Government website.

People are at risk of developing COVID-19 for 14 days after they were last in contact with a COVID-positive person, so it is important to take precautions during this time. While most people will become positive within the first week after exposure, around a quarter of people exposed to COVID-19 will develop their infection in the following seven days. If you have had a high-risk interaction with someone who has COVID-19, it is important to exercise caution and avoid high-risk settings and large indoor gatherings for 14 days after you last had contact with them.

Of the 20,794 cases reported to 8pm last night,
4,047 are from Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
3,966 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
3,576 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD,
2,122 are from Sydney LHD,
1,889 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
1,612 are from Hunter New England LHD,
744 are from Nepean Blue Mountain LHD,
535 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
514 are from Central Coast LHD,
393 are from Northern NSW LHD,
230 are from Southern NSW LHD,
222 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
222 are from Western NSW LHD,
205 are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
12 are in correctional settings,
one is in hotel quarantine
and 504 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.


GREATER SYDNEY LHAs & SATELLITE LHAs
G-SYDNEY

SATELLITES

HNE LHD

3/1/2022 HNE

1,612 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England region diagnosed to 8pm last night.
There are 8,208 total active cases in the District. 65 are receiving care in our hospitals and four are in ICU.
Masks are currently mandatory in all non-residential indoor settings and we strongly encourage everyone to wear a mask in any situation where they cannot socially distance.

Of the 1,612 new cases:
- 342 are from Lake Macquarie LGA+
- 320 are from Newcastle LGA+
- 197 are from Maitland LGA++
- 143 are from Cessnock LGA++
- 141 are from Port Stephens LGA+
- 113 are from Singleton LGA+++
- 90 are from Tamworth Reg. LGA+
- 80 are from Mid Coast LGA+
- 46 are from Moree Plains LGA**
- 32 are from Muswellbrook LGA+++
- 27 are from Narrabri LGA***
- 23 are from Upper Hunter LGA+
- 20 are from Dungog LGA*
- 15 are from Armidale LGA++++
- 11 are from Gunnedah LGA***
- 4 are from Glen Innes Severn LGA**
- 4 are from Inverell LGA**
- 1 is from Liverpool Plains LGA***
- 1 is from Walcha LGA++++
- 1 is from Tenterfield LGA**
- 1 is from Uralla LGA++++

HNE LHA total ADDED 1612 , NOW stands at 22023 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

WNSW LHD

3/1/2022 WNSW
Up to 8pm last night there were 222 new cases identified in the following local government areas (LGA) in the Western NSW Local Health District:
Bathurst – 16*
Blayney – 5*++,*+*
Cabonne – 4*+*
Cobar – 4*+
Coonamble – 6+
Cowra – 3*+*,*+*+*
Dubbo - 106 (inc 4 Wellington address)+
Forbes – 1++++
Gilgandra – 1***
Mid-Western - 5 (inc 3 with Mudgee addresses)++
Narromine – 6*+*+
Oberon – 3*
Orange – 42*+*
Parkes – 1**
Walgett – 1+++
Warren – 6*+*+
Warrumbungle – 11+
Weddin – 1*+*+*

WNSW LHA total ADDED 222 , NOW stands at 3521 VOC cases since start of Delta wave.

OTHER REGIONAL LHDs

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3/1/2022 VIC

VIC recorded AN ALL TIME RECORD HIGH of 8577 LOCAL cases , VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 181302 cases.
7954 mystery cases.
4 repats from o/seas.
VIC recorded 3 delta deaths..

Omicron VOC is now the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW.

VIC POSITIVITY = 19.42%

VIC Reff = 2.83

VICTORIA OVERVIEW