Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[dairyfloss]

NSW numbers today - that 'infectious in the community' number just won't budge! I guess at least it is stable:

Of these locally acquired cases, 49 are linked to a known case or cluster – 45 are household contacts and 4 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 29 cases is under investigation.
Thirty-seven cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and eleven cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Twenty-seven cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 3 cases remains under investigation.
Sadly, as reported yesterday, a woman in her 50s who was a confirmed COVID-19 case has died. She was a resident of south-western Sydney and a close contact of a COVID-19 case. NSW Health extends its sincere sympathy to her family and friends.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

It does depend on why the doctors/surgeons are asking for tests....if the patients have no symptoms then it wont be prioritised - I think yesterday NSW CHO said that surveillance testing was lower on the prioritisation list.

If the patient has symptoms, then not sure why doctors and surgeons need a test - because patients should be testing and isolating until negative anyway.

To be more precise in what I said, the 72 hours was not in hospital tests. It was for all tests across all testing sites.

However just today see below for patients taking up to 5 days.

 

[Must...Fly!]

SA in lockdown from 6pm

 

[moa999]

Any sane person would look at these tiny numbers and think “great, that’s manageable”. The problem is, will Australians ever think that way?

At some point we will have to - but vacc rates need to be a lot higher.

Think UK is the perfect example of going to early.
Now back to 50k new cases a day, and putting stress on the hospital system, even if deaths remain fairly low (~40 a day) as the most vulnerable are fairly well vaccinated.

 

[jakeseven7]

NSW numbers today:



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So possibly 41 cases active in community while infectious, which is in line with 44 active in the community whilst infectious yesterday.

At least its not going up....

 

[Denali]

NSW numbers today - that 'infectious in the community' number just won't budge! I guess at least it is stable:



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NSW ICU went up overnight?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

NSW numbers today - that 'infectious in the community' number just won't budge! I guess at least it is stable:



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Not at all good on hospitalisations, ICU and ventilated all being up.

 

[dairyfloss]

NSW ICU went up overnight?

Yes - looks to have gone up by 3.

 

[jakeseven7]

I'm not sure the NSW Health Minister directly needling the anti-vaxxers in NSW is the best strategy.... most health professionals don't even give them air time... mmmmm. This guy seems like a bit of a liability....

 

[lovetravellingoz]

ABC News : SA into lockdown from 6PM tonight.

 

[OATEK]

Not at all good on hospitalisations, ICU and ventilated all being up.

This is the key issue here right now isn't it? The virus is not the flu, like so many want to think.

 

[jakeseven7]

Re the Victorian results, it's good that they are linked, but they don't seem to be saying whether they were out and about, or inside quarantine.

9 were 100% in isolation, rest partial with 3 very limited time due to the lockdown.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser:
13 cases
9 of 13 in quarantine 100%.


Lockdown extended by 7 days- Midnight Tuesday 27th July.

 

[drron]

Again that's right. But cases where the cause of death is clearly not covid related, or premature because of covid, are excluded from the counting.

Those in North west Tasmania are still officially counted as covid deaths.It is impossible to decide which problem was the major cause of death.As in the UK even in the vaccinated the deaths will be largely in older people.Unfortunately many of these people would probably not had a significant decrease in their life span having Covid.

 

[Pushka]

I knew something had happened in SA. Car park deserted when I arrived at 10.15 and packed now at 11am. Caps off everything else really.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

11 people now on ventilation in NSW

https://twitter.com/x/status/1417294739058036737

 

[jase05]

I knew something had happened in SA. Car park deserted when I arrived at 10.15 and packed now at 11am. Caps off everything else really.

I did warn you last night

 

[lovetravellingoz]

So 29 (21+8) cases infectious in the community in nSW.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1417294730115776513

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser: Sutton

3 of the cases that were partly in the community while infectious were only very limited in that exposure period.

A third of primary close contacts are located in regional Victoria. Especially from the game at the MCG.


Weimar

3 cases in hospital. None in ICU

18,000 primary close contacts who are all isolating.

CASES
7 linked to Mis Frankies
2 linked to Trinity Grammar (includes Ruton Girls School)
2 household linked to MCG
1 from Philip Island
1 from Roxburgh Park, woman in her 20s (suspected to be linked to City of Hume Cluster)

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SA confirmed as Delta Strain

 

[burmans]

Vic Presser:
13 cases
9 of 13 in quarantine 100%.


Lockdown extended by 7 days- Midnight Tuesday 27th July.

Not surprised but will this reduce the ongoing Victoria’s lockdown is better than NSWs chatter?