Sydney tops 1,000 COVID cases in 30 days as Australian outbreak forces “snap” lockdown in Victoria
Long lines of cars at inner-west Sydney COVID-19 testing station [Photo: WSWS Media]
Today’s tally brings the total of local cases recorded in and around Sydney since the current outbreak began on June 16 to 1,027. This is the state’s highest number of community-transmitted cases in a 30-day period since March 2020.
Significantly, the 587 new cases recorded in the state in the last seven days is more than 2.75 times the 213 confirmed cases the previous week. Since the introduction of what has been dubbed a “mockdown” on June 26, the state has seen 945 COVID-19 infections.