Liverpool Hospital and Westmead Hospital in Sydney have been hit by Covid-19
A pregnant woman tested positive on Wednesday after cesarean at Liverpool
A doctor at hospital has also tested positive, forcing non urgent surgery to stop
Nurse in Westmead Hospital has caught virus and cleaners are refusing to clean
More than 70 paramedics have been forced into isolation as close contacts
Sydney s exposure sites surged past 400 as New South Wales recorded 97 new Covid cases on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian held crisis talks about tightening Sydney s lockdown restrictions after 29 of those cases were out in the community for the entire time while infectious.
NSW Health said 49 of the infections are household contacts and 14 are close contacts. Sixty-seven (69 per cent) of the new cases were found in south-west Sydney.
Health officials also found 14 cases of Covid-19 in south-east Sydney in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and nine in the city s west.
There are now 18 patients suffering from the virus in intensive care wards across NSW and five of them are on ventilators.
The isolation status of the five other cases remain under investigation.
NSW recorded 97 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. pic.twitter.com/FxVPjCCKee NSW Health (@NSWHealth) July 16, 2021
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there is no doubt that the numbers are not where we would like them and due to the high number of people in the community while infectious, she expected Saturday s numbers to be higher again.
She also hinted at the further tightening of restrictions. Please know that every day, on an hourly basis, we receive ongoing reviews and we make sure we review all the time the settings we have in place.
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Berejiklian said case numbers were “not where we would like them”, but the figures recorded on Friday reflected circumstances up to two weeks ago. The Premier said “difficult” decisions could be made to increase restrictions, and the settings in place were reviewed every day. “We will not hesitate to [introduce settings] even further . again, it will be based on the health advice,” she said, adding that additional measures would need to be “well targeted”. The new infections bring the total number of cases recorded in the state since June 16 to more than 1000. Sixty-seven of the new cases were in South Western Sydney Local Health District.