Covid update - Sunday
27th February 2022
COVID UPDATE - 11.40am, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27
Unfortunately, the Hunter Region has recorded the highest rate of new infections in the State every day for a fortnight. Please remember to use some common sense when out and about. The good news is that our hospitalisation rates remain low, but there is still a lot of Covid-19 in our local communities and we should be doing our best to get those numbers lower.
MASK RULES IN SCHOOLS: The mask rules in schools change from tomorrow. Full details on those rules HERE.
Covid patients currently in Hunter Health district hospitals: 21 (up 1 since yesterday)
Covid patients in Hunter ICU: 3 (stable)
Covid patients currently in NSW hospitals: 1146 (up 16 since yesterday)
Covid patients in NSW ICU: 58 (down 1 on the previous day, 21 on ventilation)
New cases in Hunter-New England Health district in past 24 hours: 797 (down 159 on previous day's figure, 267 PCR + 530 RAT).
New cases statewide since yesterday: 6014 (down 1003 on the previous day, 2198 PCR + 3816 RAT)
New cases in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 2955 (Down 163 on previous day).
Lives lost in NSW over the past 24 hours: 7 (down 4 on the previous day). This brings the total number of lives lost to Covid in NSW to 1897 (in Australia 5156).
Lives lost in the Hunter Health district over the past 24 hours: 1 (a man in his 60s from the Newcastle LGA. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.)
More information on all the requirements and protocols relating to schools, outbreaks and isolation rules for parents and carers of school-aged children HERE.
STATEWIDE VACCINATION RATES
- 95.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 94.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 53.9% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine*
- 83.6% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 79.1% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 47.3% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
More information on new case numbers by LGA can be found HERE.
QUESTIONS: Please see my Facebook or Website pages for answers to frequently asked questions. Service NSW also has a 24/7 hotline where people are available to answer questions. You can reach them on 13 77 88. All further info at NSW Health.