Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, recorded 27 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, mostly in and around its capital Sydney.
The government of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, ordered a week-long extension of its capital Sydney’s Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday and warned that the number of new cases will continue to rise as the region grapples with a Delta-variant fueled outbreak of Covid-19....
Berejiklian noted that the Delta variant was a “game-changer” as it is “extremely transmissible and more contagious than any other form of the virus we’ve seen.” NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard blamed the state’s current predicament on not being able to “get the vaccine that we need.” The region has reported more than 300 infections linked to a limousine driver who tested positive last month and is thought to have been infected while transporting an American flight crew from the Sydney airport.
As of Wednesday, there are 37 Covid-19 patients in Sydney’s hospitals, seven of whom are in the ICU—including one patient in their 30s—and two on ventilators.7.46%. That’s the total population of New South Wales that has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the