Thursday 10 February 2022

COVID-19 Update 8 February 2022: New South Wales & Northern NSW


 

In the 24 hours up to 4pm on Tuesday 8 February 2022 NSW Health reported that the were 10,312 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 71,000 active COVID-19 cases across the state.


In that same 24 hours there were 20 confirmed COVID-19 related deaths - 11 men and 9 women.


The dead all over 60 years of age; 4 people were in their 60s, 2 people were in their 70s, 8 people were in their 80s, and 6 people were in their 90s. Thirteen people were from Sydney and suburbs, two people were from the Central Coast, one person was from the Hunter Valley, one person was from Albury, one person was from the state’s Central West, one person was from Newcastle, and one person was from Tweed Shire in northern NSW.


On 8 February there were 1,906 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 132 people in intensive care, 61 of whom require ventilation.


The number of self-managed COVID-19 cases (diagnosed within past 7 days up to 7 February) living at home or in insecure accommodation totalled 49,049 men, women & children.


By 8 February 2022 only 1,946,916 people have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine out of a total NSW population of est. 8,189,300 - and only 595,552 have received an additional booster vaccine dose.


As at 4pm Tuesday 8 February 2022 across the 7 local government areas in Northern NSW Local Health District there were 481 new confirmed COVID-19 cases:


Tweed Shire – 139 cases across postcodes 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490;

Clarence Valley – 91 cases across postcodes 2460, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2466;

Lismore City – 74 cases across postcodes 2472, 2480;

Ballina Shire – 70 cases across postcodes 2477, 2478;

Byron Shire – 48 cases across postcodes 2479, 2481, 2482, 2483;

Richmond Valley – 43 cases across postcodes 2469, 2470, 2471, 2473;

Kyogle Shire – 15 cases across postcode 2474;

Tenterfield Shire* – 1 cases in postcode 2372 (*Tenterfield is in a different Local Health District, but postcodes put cases in NNSWLHD).

TOTAL 481

NOTE: Postcode list may be incomplete as NSW Health location database has not been updated since 7 February 2022.


One death of a person in their 90s from Tweed Shire was recorded in 24hrs to 4pm 8 February 2022 and there are 23 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with 4 of these in ICU.


The Echo, 9 February 2022:


According to the COVID-Live website Ballina LGA currently has 360 active cases while Byron has 215, Clarence Valley 304, Kyogle 28, Lismore 190, Richmond Valley 170, Tenterfield 26, and Tweed LGA 1,183 active cases of COVID-19.


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