POSITIVE SIGNS | JUST ONE NEW CASE IN THE HUNTER
The Hunter has recorded just one new COVID-19 case, linked to the aged care cluster.
The person, from Anglican Care’s Jesmond Grove facility, was not infectious in the community.
The new case takes the total number of cases in the current outbreak to 164, with 143 active cases.
Mercifully, it's a short case breakdown today. One case in the Hunter. In Jesmond. Not infectious in the community, linked to the aged care cluster. 32 people are in hospital, none in intensive care @nbnnews pic.twitter.com/tfn1efcJC4
— Jacinta Lee (@jacinta_lee3) August 24, 2021
“Newcastle is settling and I just want to thank the response in that region,” Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant said.
“It still it important we stay the course there.”
New South Wales recorded 753 new local cases today, including three for the Central Coast.
BREAKING | 7-Eleven has confirmed four of its stores in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie were deep cleaned overnight, after a delivery driver tested positive to COVID-19. Contacts between Thursday-Saturday last week have been told to self isolate and get a test. @nbnnews @9NewsSyd pic.twitter.com/y9LRRy1dGU
— Lauren Kempe (@laurenkempe) August 24, 2021
