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One in 10 cases admitted to hospital
More than one in 10 people in the state who test positive to COVID-19 now end up in hospital, and authorities warn the figure will rise due to recent high case numbers and the lag between infection and hospitalisation. Premier Gladys Berejiklian again warned yesterday that case numbers would reach a peak in the next week or two, followed by a peak in hospitalisations and ICU admissions in October. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The Premier conceded that the state’s hospitals would be stretched and said the government would release the modelling underpinning these predictions later this week. With a high number of the new Delta cases being children and three aged under 11 currently in ICU, health experts say the best way to protect young children is to vaccinate as many adults as possible, while modelling shows achieving herd immunity will require teens to get vaccinated.
Forty per cent of the state’s eligible population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and the target of 70 per cent double-dosed is on track to be met in mid-October, although it could come sooner thanks to the arrival of extra Pfizer doses from Britain last night. About 450,000 doses have arrived in the country so far out of a total of 4 million.
Cases: NSW recorded 1485 local cases from 115,495 tests and three deaths, taking the outbreak’s toll to 126. There are 1030 patients in hospital, including 175 in ICU and 72 on ventilation. Victoria recorded 183 cases, 91 per cent of which are aged under 50, and there are 89 patients in hospital there. The ACT recorded 15 cases, while Queensland had one and New Zealand had 20.
One in 10 cases admitted to hospital
More than one in 10 people in the state who test positive to COVID-19 now end up in hospital, and authorities warn the figure will rise due to recent high case numbers and the lag between infection and hospitalisation. Premier Gladys Berejiklian again warned yesterday that case numbers would reach a peak in the next week or two, followed by a peak in hospitalisations and ICU admissions in October. Photo: Kate Geraghty
The Premier conceded that the state’s hospitals would be stretched and said the government would release the modelling underpinning these predictions later this week. With a high number of the new Delta cases being children and three aged under 11 currently in ICU, health experts say the best way to protect young children is to vaccinate as many adults as possible, while modelling shows achieving herd immunity will require teens to get vaccinated.
Forty per cent of the state’s eligible population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and the target of 70 per cent double-dosed is on track to be met in mid-October, although it could come sooner thanks to the arrival of extra Pfizer doses from Britain last night. About 450,000 doses have arrived in the country so far out of a total of 4 million.
Cases: NSW recorded 1485 local cases from 115,495 tests and three deaths, taking the outbreak’s toll to 126. There are 1030 patients in hospital, including 175 in ICU and 72 on ventilation. Victoria recorded 183 cases, 91 per cent of which are aged under 50, and there are 89 patients in hospital there. The ACT recorded 15 cases, while Queensland had one and New Zealand had 20.
