Following on from:
- SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Variants in NSW and Northern NSW, 1-11 December 2021
- SARS-CoV-2 Delta & Omicron Variants in NSW and Northern NSW, December 2021 - Part Two
- SARS-CoV-2 Delta & Omicron Variants in NSW and Northern NSW, December 2021 - Part Three.
On 17 December 2021 NSW Health announced changes to its COVID-19 test, contact and trace system. From this point forward the individual who had a confirmed COVID-19 positive test will be informed of this fact by NSW Health but it will be the personal responsibility of the infected person to inform others in their family, friendship and workplace groups that they too may have contracted the virus.
NSW Health & Northern NSW Local Health District, based on media release excerpts and datasets, COVID-19 data for Friday, 17 December 2021:
# NSW recorded 2,482 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday 17 December 2021, including 1 death.
A total of 226 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant of concern have been confirmed by the required additional testing in NSW. However, on the basis that specific genomic testing showed that 9.10% of Friday’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were caused by SARS-C0V-2 Omicron Variant. According to NSW Health all COVID-19 cases from this point forward will be assumed to be caused by the Omicron variant without initial variant specific investigation.
There are currently 206 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 26 people in intensive care, nine of whom require ventilation.
Across NSW, 93.3% of people aged 16 and over and 78% of people aged 12 to 15 years, are fully vaccinated.
Of the 2,482 cases reported to 8pm last night, 899 are from Hunter New England Local Health District (LHD), 362 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 286 are from South Western Sydney LHD, 232 are from Sydney LHD, 219 are from Western Sydney LHD, 159 are from Northern Sydney LHD, 81 are from Central Coast LHD, 62 are from Northern NSW LHD, 42 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 35 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, 29 are from Western NSW LHD, 28 are from Mid North Coast LHD, 13 are from Murrumbidgee LHD, six are from Southern NSW LHD, and 29 are yet to be assigned to an LHD. [my yellow highlighting]
The total number of active COVID-19 cases now stands at 11,760 people – with est. 11,500 of these ill people remaining at home as of 17 December.
To 8pm 17 December, 62 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 6 of the 7 local government areas in Northern NSW:
Byron Shire – 46 cases across postcodes 2479, 2481, 2482, 2483;
Ballina Shire – 8 cases across postcodes 2477, 2478;
Lismore City – 3 cases across postcodes 2480,
Clarence Valley – 2 cases across postcode 2460;
Kyogle – 2 cases across postcode 2474;
Tweed Shire – 1 case in postcode 2483;
Richmond Valley – 0 cases.
TOTAL 62
There is one COVID-positive patient in hospital in Northern NSW.
To date, no cases in NNSWLHD have been confirmed as the Omicron variant of concern.
The most common locations for transmission of COVID-19 in our region continue to be pubs, parties and gatherings in indoor spaces.[my yellow highlighting]
BACKGROUND
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# NSW recorded 2,566 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday, 18 December 2021.
A total of 313 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant of concern have been confirmed by the required additional genomic sequencing tests. However, even though the Omicron variant caused just 12.19% of the 2,566 new cases that Friday; “NSW Health advises that the Omicron variant of concern likely accounts for the majority of today’s cases”.
As at 18 December there are 14,050 active cases of COVID-19 in the state and est. 25,687 active cases Australia-wide.
There are currently 227 COVID-19 cases admitted to NSW hospitals, with 28 people in intensive care, ten of whom require ventilation. Australia-wide that number is est. 717 cases currently hospitalized.
To date the total number of persons in NSW confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since January 2020 are 97,369 individuals, of whom 645 have died. According to the Australian Dept. of Heath, nationally that cumulative total of confirmed cases is 246,797 individuals of whom 2,142 have died.
So as of 18 December 2021, 39.45% of all confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded in New South Wales, along with 30.11% of all COVID-19 related deaths.
Of the 2,566 cases reported to 8pm last night, 712 are from Hunter New England Local Health District (LHD), 446 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 303 are from South Western Sydney LHD, 311 are from Sydney LHD, 279 are from Western Sydney LHD, 189 are from Northern Sydney LHD, 72 are from Central Coast LHD, 66 are from Northern NSW LHD, 50 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 31 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, 37 are from Western NSW LHD, 23 are from Mid North Coast LHD, six are from Murrumbidgee LHD, seven are from Southern NSW LHD, one is from Far West LHD and 33 are yet to be assigned to an LHD. [my yellow highlighting]
To 8pm 18 December, 66 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 5 of the 7 local government areas in Northern NSW:
Byron Shire – 49 cases across postcodes 2479, 2481, 2482, 2483;
Ballina Shire – 8 cases across postcodes 2478;
Tweed Shire – 4 cases across postcodes 2484, 2487, 2489;
Lismore City – 3 cases across postcode 2480;
Richmond Valley – 2 cases across postcodes 2469, 2473;
Clarence Valley – 0 cases
- Kyogle Shire – 0 cases
TOTAL 66
There are two COVID-19 infected patients in hospital in Northern NSW.
UPDATE
# NSW recorded 2,501 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday 19 December 2021.
On 19 December the total of active COVID-19 cases in NSW was 16,225 persons.
There are currently 261 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 33 people in intensive care, 11 of whom require ventilation.
Of the 2,501 cases reported to 8pm last night, 660 are from Hunter New England Local Health District (LHD), 417 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 339 are from Sydney LHD, 315 are from Western Sydney LHD, 250 are from South Western Sydney LHD, 227 are from Northern Sydney LHD, 77 are from Central Coast LHD, 40 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 34 are from Northern NSW LHD, 24 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, 24 are from Mid North Coast LHD, 20 are from Western NSW LHD, nine are from Murrumbidgee LHD, seven are from Far West LHD, four are from Southern NSW LHD, and 54 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
To 8pm 19 December, 34 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 5 of the 7 local government areas of Northern NSW:
The following postcode list is incomplete due to corrupted/incomplete published dataset
Byron Shire – 21 cases across postcodes 2481, 2482, 2483,
Ballina Shire – 4 cases across postcodes 2478,
Lismore City – 4 cases across postcodes 2472, 2480,
Tweed Shire – 4 cases across postcodes 2484, 2489,
Clarence Valley – 1 case across postcode
Kyogle Shire – 0 cases
Richmond Valley – 0 cases
TOTAL 34
There are five COVID-positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW.
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