New South Wales (NSW) is the epicentre of the current wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia.
It is in its version of lockdown, which is not as strict a lockdown as has been seen elsewhere in the country.
Recent run of results:
- 239, 170, 210, 239, 207, 199, 233 ... and today's: 262, a record high for this wave.
262 new locally acquired cases today:
- 129 linked to a known case or cluster - 96 household contacts and 33 are close contacts - and the source of infection for 133 cases is under investigation.
- 110 cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 29 were in isolation for part of their infectious period.
- 43 cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 80 cases remains under investigation.
5 deaths added to the toll.
NSW leader Gladys Berejiklian
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