COVID-19 update: Greater Sydney lockdown extended as NSW records 27 new cases
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the restrictions in Greater Sydney would continue for an extra week as the extremely transmissible and more contagious Delta strain continues to spread through the community.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 7, 2021 - 11:00AM
New South Wales has recorded 27 new coronavirus cases as Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the lockdown in Greater Sydney will be extended another week.
Ms Berejiklian on Wednesday said the government made the difficult decision to extend the shutdown as only 13 of the new cases were in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period.
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Of today’s 16 new locally acquired cases, 13 were in isolation throughout their infectious periods and one case was in isolation for part of their infectious period. Two cases were infectious in the community.
Three of today’s new cases – a woman in her 80s, a man in his 80s, and a man in his 90s – are residents of the SummitCare Baulkham Hills aged care facility.
All three are fully vaccinated, but out of an abundance of caution, they have been offered transfer to Westmead Hospital for observation. No further residents have tested positive to date.
These three cases were identified following investigation and testing of contacts of a previously reported case in a healthcare worker. Two of this person’s social contacts, who are aged care workers, became infected and worked at SummitCare Baulkham Hills while infectious.
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Three aged care residents at a northwest Sydney facility have caught COVID-19 from an infected staff member and are among the 16 new local cases across NSW.
All three residents were fully vaccinated against the virus and the facility s operator says all are currently asymptomatic and in good spirits.
SummitCare Baulkham Hills said in a statement on Sunday the residents - a man in his 90s, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 80s - were transferred to Westmead Hospital as a precautionary measure but are doing well. The fact that the affected residents are showing no symptoms at this stage shows their early vaccinations have worked, a SummitCare spokesman said.