Covid Update - Saturday

¿ COVID UPDATE – 12:30pm, Saturday August 20

¿ New Cases in Lake Macquarie in the past 24 hours: 177 (Down 30 on previous day)

¿ New cases in Hunter-New England Health district yesterday: 804 (Down 159 on previous day)

¿ Cases in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 4662 (Down 127 on previous day)

¿ New cases statewide in past 24 hours: 6116 (Down 783 on previous day)

¿ Covid patients currently in NSW hospitals: 1908 (Down 78 on previous day)

¿ Covid patients in NSW ICU: 56 (Unchanged from previous day)

¿ Lives lost in NSW over the past 24 hours: 34 (Up 12 on previous day, incl. 10 deaths reported by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages)

¿ STATEWIDE VACCINATION RATES
- 96.9% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 95.4% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 69.4% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 82.2% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 78.5% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 49.6% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

¿ More information on all the requirements and protocols relating to schools, outbreaks and isolation rules for parents and carers of school-aged children HERE

¿ 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