NSW Health has recorded another 89 local COVID cases over the past 24 hours:
NSW recorded 89 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/GMaUFsS56b
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 13, 2021
Of the 89 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 64 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 15 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 5 are from Sydney LHD, 3 are from Western Sydney LHD 1 is from Northern Sydney LHD and 1 is from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD.
There are currently 65 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 21 people in intensive care, four of whom require ventilation.
NSW Health also recorded the death of a man in his 70s, who was a confirmed COVID-19 case. He was a resident of the eastern suburbs.
NSW now has around 715 active local COVID cases:
The next chart plots NSW’s daily case count against Victoria’s in Winter-Spring last year:
NSW’s outbreak is still tracking behind Victoria’s.