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Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 27 of those new cases were infectious in the community. That is the number that worries us the most, Ms Berejiklian said. As we have explained previously, we won t see the results of this until five days because there is a lag in the data.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has reported 105 new coronavirus cases.(Rhett Wyman) We don t expect those numbers to shift massively for the next three days but we want the community to be more vigilant than ever before.
NSW Health said a Sydney woman in her 90s has also died.
Of the new infections in NSW, 69 were in isolation and seven were in isolation for part of their infectious period, NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said.
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NSW has been forced to seek urgent help from other states to boost its contact tracing capability, in a sign its COVID-19 tracking system is struggling to keep pace with the growing outbreak.
The state made an “open request” for assistance during a meeting of Australia’s federal and state chief medical officers on Friday, with the Commonwealth, South Australian and Western Australian governments all agreeing to help. Victoria knocked back the request, as it works to trace its own outbreak.
Gladys Berejiklian has toughened lockdown rules after a surge in new cases and exposure sites.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced 105 new local COVID-19 cases
NSW has recorded 105 new local coronavirus cases overnight, 27 of which were infectious while in the community.
Dominica FunnellDigital Reporter
July 18, 2021 - 11:58AM
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced 105 new COVID-19 cases in the state s latest coronavirus update.
Of the new cases, 27 were in the community whilst infectious. That s the number that worries us the most, Ms Berejiklian said. we ve seen that number crop up day in and day out.
Nearly 67,000 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.
The Premier warned the impact of the tougher new restrictions would not be seen for about five or six days because there s a lag in the data .
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New South Wales has recorded 111 new local coronavirus cases and another death, prompting the premier to announce tougher restrictions for Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
Of the new cases, 29 were infectious in the community.
59 cases are linked to a known contact and 47 are household contacts. Over 81,000 tests were processed yesterday.
The health department confirmed the death of a man in his late-80s in South-Eastern Sydney.
NSW recorded 111 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/9ZgomK36re NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 17, 2021
Seventy-five people have been hospitalised, with 18 in intensive care.