NSW state recorded 818 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19

  • 120 are linked to a known case or cluster
  • the source of infection for 698 is under investigation

The news does not get any better:

  • 47 were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 15 were in isolation for part of their infectious period
  • 42 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 714 cases remains under investigation

What this means is plenty more new cases to come.

The last 2 weeks:

  • 356,344,345,390,466,415,478,452,633,681, 644, 825, 830, and 818 today. Clear trend if there ever was one.

The vaccination race is on, though, which is encouraging:

  • NSW Health administered a record 299,205 vaccines in the week ending Sunday 22 August
  • The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 5,951,886