The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Morrison Government is continuing to support residential aged care providers in Greater Sydney and across New South Wales with emergency preparedness and response activities and introducing more stringent reporting requirements to protect senior Australians.
Provisions to bolster residential aged care facilities amid the current COVID-19 outbreak include access to a second round of COVID-19 Aged Care Support Program grants and reimbursement for eligible expenses.
The program supports costs for additional or replacement staff, personal protective equipment, onsite testing, cleaning and infection control, waste management, and travel and accommodation.
Of the 77 new cases, only 32 were in isolation for all of their infectious period.
The premier expects this toll will be beaten on Monday when health authorities report infection numbers for the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday. I ll be shocked if it s less than 100, Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Sunday.
It was highly unlikely lockdown provisions in Greater Sydney and surrounds will be lifted as scheduled on Friday, which will mark the end of a third week of stay at home orders.
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There are 15 COVID-19 patients in NSW in intensive care, with five on ventilators.
Federal Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said one of the six SummitCare Baulkham Hills aged care residents who caught COVID-19 from an infected staff member was seriously unwell in hospital.
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Of today’s 38 new locally acquired cases, 17 were in isolation throughout their infectious periods and nine cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Eleven cases were infectious in the community. One case remains under investigation.
One new case to 8pm last night is an aged care worker from SummitCare Baulkham Hills aged care facility. They have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. When this worker was identified as a close contact, they went into isolation immediately, and this has resulted in no further exposures for residents at the facility.
This brings the total number of cases associated with the aged care facility to 11, including six residents and five aged care workers.
to be targeted on the south-western suburbs of Sydney.
NSW Health said 26 cases were linked to a known case or cluster – 13 were household contacts and 13 were close contacts – and the source of infection for 12 cases remained under investigation.
There had been 395 locally acquired cases reported since the latest outbreak began on 16 June.
Three people were on ventilators, and 11 in total were in intensive care. About 40 people had been admitted to hospital with Covid since the outbreak began. Of those currently in hospital, 17 were under the age of 55 and 10 were under the age of 35, including one of the people in ICU.
COVID-19 update: NSW records 38 local cases as three LGAs remain on high alert
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the largest daily number of local COVID cases in her state this year, the day after she revealed Greater Sydney s lockdown would be extended for another week.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 8, 2021 - 11:35AM
New South Wales has recorded 38 new coronavirus cases - the highest number of local infections in the state this year - after Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned figures would rise following community transmission in south-west Sydney.
Ms Berejiklian announced the spike in locally acquired infections on Thursday, the day after she revealed Sydney’s two-week lockdown would be extended for another week until 11.59pm on July 16.