Covid update - Saturday
15th January 2022
COVID UPDATE - 11.15am, SATURDAY JANUARY 15 Please be aware that Hunter-New England Health is no longer providing a daily breakdown of new cases by LGA. With the centralisation of rapid antigen reporting at a state level, our local case numbers are no longer an accurate reflection of COVID-19 across the local region.Hospitalisation, ICU numbers and other important public health messages WILL STILL BE ISSUED DAILY and I will continue to post them (below). LGA breakdowns are still available HERE.
I know that news will upset some people but we have to understand the workload that Health staff have at the moment. I personally want to thank Hunter Health staff for what they have provided to this point, and for what they will continue to provide under extreme circumstances. So here's the latest information which I can continue to compile daily: Covid patients currently in Hunter Health district hospitals: 116 (up 7 since yesterday) Covid patients in Hunter ICU: 7 (down 2 since yesterday) Covid patients currently in NSW hospitals: 2576 (up 51 since yesterday) Covid patients in NSW ICU: 193 (up 9 since yesterday) New cases in Hunter Health district since yesterday: 2334 (PCR only) Total number of cases in the Hunter over the past four weeks: 41,041(PCR only) Total number of cases in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 9807 (PCR only) Total number of PCR tests in the Hunter over the past four weeks: 255,862 Total number of PCR tests in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 65,612 New cases statewide since yesterday: 48,768 (PCR + RAT) Lives lost statewide in past 24 hours: 20 Lives lost in Hunter Health district in past 24 hours: 1 (a woman in her 70s from the Mid-North Coast. My condolences to her family and friends) STATEWIDE UPDATE and VACCINATION RATES- 95.2% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 93.8% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 24.2% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine*
- 82% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 78.3% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 8.9% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 2,576 hospitalisations
- 193 people in ICU
- 20 lives lost
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