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Mr Foley said six cases had "low level of exposure sites, thanks to the current lockdown." “Two days ago, there were only 6 per cent of our daily cases who were fully isolating in quarantine. Today it is 73 per cent which have been fully isolated during their period of infectivity.” Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley announce the results with Premier Daniel Andrews absent from the daily press conference. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray He added there are more than 18,000 primary close contacts linked to the outbreak. “Because of the nature of how this outbreak started, with so ...

Advertisement A revealing graph shows how Sydney went into Covid-19 lockdown much earlier in its current outbreak than Melbourne did during its horror second wave last year. The eastern suburbs of Australia's biggest city were locked down on the ninth day of the outbreak on June 26 when there were just 64 cases. The lockdown was extended to the whole city just two days later. In contrast, Melbourne locked down its 10 worst-affected postcodes on day 35 of last year's outbreak on July 1, when there were already 446 cases in the community. Melbourne locked down its 10 worst-affected postcodes on...

New South Wales has recorded 65 local cases of Covid-19 overnight - but 28 of them were out in the community for the entire time they were infectious. Ms Berejiklian said the drop in locally-acquired infections - down from 97 new cases on Wednesday - was a promising sign authorities may be turning the tide on the state's highly-contagious outbreak of the Delta variant. Sydney is nearing the end of a third week of a strict stay-at-home lockdown, which was on Wednesday extended until at least July 30 to stem the spread of the virus.    There are now 73 patients across the state in hospital...

COVID-19 update: NSW records 112 local cases as Sydney lockdown is set to last for weeks New South Wales' latest coronavirus outbreak reached 678 infections on Monday, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a record high of 112 cases.  Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter July 12, 2021 - 11:00AM New South Wales has recorded 112 new coronavirus infections - the state's highest daily amount this year - after Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she anticipated local cases to crack 100 in a day. Ms Berejiklian said most of the fresh cases are family members of positive cases or close contacts, while 48 infec...

Victoria's snap-seven day lockdown is set to be extended for up to two weeks Policymakers and health officials held late-night crisis talks on Tuesday  Victoria recorded six locally acquired cases on Wednesday from 51,033 tests The rapidly-spreading outbreak has now climbed to 60 locally-acquired cases  Yet another vulnerable aged care facility is quarantined after being exposed  NSW issued an urgent alert that a Covid-positive case travelled across NSW