NSW Health has reported another 170 new COVID infections over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 170 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
77 are linked to a known case or cluster – 61 are household contacts and 16 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 93 cases is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/2h8hq14zyt
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 30, 2021
Sixty-five cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and ten cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Forty-two cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 53 cases remains under investigation.
There are currently 187 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 58 people in intensive care, 24 of whom require ventilation.
The next chart plots NSW’s daily case numbers against Victoria’s Winter-Spring outbreak last year, which saw Melbourne locked-down for 14 consecutive weeks:
Australia’s two biggest COVID outbreaks compared.
If Victoria’s trajectory was replicated in NSW, daily cases would not peak for another nine days.
NSW’s active COVID cases are approaching 2,700 and are still well away from peaking:
Yet to peak.
At this rate, NSW probably won’t come out of lockdown until mid-September.
