Thursday 24 December 2020

How the NSW Covid-19 infection numbers stand early Christmas Eve morning 2020

 

UPDATE:


24 December 2020


18 new cases as of 8pm last night:

 

* 9 new locally acquired cases 

* 7 of which have been confirmed to belong to the Avalon cluster and 2 are under investigation as reside in the Northern Beaches

* Avalon cluster now numbers 104 cases

* 9 new overseas acquired cases.



NSW Health archives its media releases covering the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic at https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2020-nsw-health.aspx.


These media releases show that in the nine days encompassed by 14 to 22 December 2020 the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in New South Wales grew by 155 people. However, there were no additional deaths.



23 December 2020



The total number of cases in NSW is now 4,616 since the beginning of the pandemic….. [with 55 deaths recorded]


Of the 16 new cases to 8pm last night:


  • Eight cases are locally acquired, and of these

  • Seven cases are linked to the Avalon cluster

  • One is a close contact of a known case whose source is under investigation

  • Eight cases were acquired overseas and are in hotel quarantine.



22 December 2020



Of the 18 new cases to 8pm last night:


  • Eight cases are locally acquired, and of these

  • Seven cases are linked to the Avalon cluster

  • One case remains under investigation

  • Ten cases were acquired overseas and are in hotel quarantine.



21 December 2029



Of the 23 new cases to 8pm last night:


  • 15 cases are locally acquired and linked to the Avalon cluster

  • Eight were acquired overseas and are in hotel quarantine.



20 December 2020



Of the [36] new cases to 8pm last night:


  • 28 cases are locally acquired and linked to the Avalon cluster

  • Investigations are ongoing into the source of the remaining two cases, both of whom live on the Northern Beaches

  • Six were acquired overseas and are in hotel quarantine.



19 December 2020



Of the [30] new cases to 8pm last night:


  • 21 cases are locally acquired and linked to a known case or cluster (Avalon)

  • Two cases are local acquired with their source under investigation

  • Seven were acquired overseas and are in hotel quarantine.



18 December 2020



Of the [16] new cases to 8pm last night:


  • 15 were locally acquired, and the source of their infections are under investigation.

  • One was acquired overseas and is in hotel quarantine



All 15 of the local cases to 8pm last night are Northern Beaches residents announced yesterday, and NSW Health is undertaking urgent investigation and contact tracing to identify potential links and the sources of the infections.



17 December 2020



[9 news cases to 8 pm last night]

NSW recorded three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.


Two additional new locally acquired cases were notified this morning in the Northern Beaches area in a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s.


The source of these two new infections, which will be included in tomorrow’s case numbers, is under investigation and further updates will be provided throughout the day as information becomes available.


NSW Health is now investigating five locally acquired cases. Four are in the Northern Beaches, and one case is a resident of south Sydney.


Six cases were also reported in returned travellers in hotel quarantine in the 24 hours to 8pm last night….



16 December 2020



[7 news cases to 8pm last night]


NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night…..


Seven cases were reported in overseas travellers. NSW Health has been notified this afternoon of two new cases of COVID-19 in people who live in the Northern Beaches area.


The source of these new infections is under investigation. At this stage, no links have been identified to other known cases.



15 December 2020



[5 new cases up to 8pm last night]



NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.


Five cases were reported in overseas travellers. This brings the total number of cases in NSW since the start of the pandemic to 4,461 [with 55 deaths recorded].



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