Sydney The Covid-19 pandemic has reported its worst day with five deaths and a record rise in locally acquired infections, Reuters reports, as a week of tough lockdowns to contain the highly contagious delta strain of coronavirus is fighting for.
Of the five who died, four had not been vaccinated, while one had received a single dose. new South Wales State health officials said, as they asked residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The authorities also announced a one-week lockdown from Thursday in the vicinity of the state’s second largest city. Newcastle, 140 km (87 mi) north of Sydney, after six cases were reported there.
This would place an additional 615,000 people under lockdown, increasing the total for New South Wales under strict stay-at-home restrictions for 6 million of the 8 million people in the state, or about a quarter of Australia’s population.
Officials suspect the outbreak began with a beach party near Newcastle when people were traveling from Sydney, a clear violation of the city’s lockdown.
“Our strongest focus … is getting to the bottom of how the disease spreads and is introduced in Newcastle,” New South Wales Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant told reporters, as most cases are still reported. Sydney, the state capital and is being explored in Australia. the largest city.
Sydney had 259 new Covid-19 cases, out of 262 in all New South Wales, health officials said, the daily record for the city and state, which reported a previous high of 239 on Sunday.
More than 4,300 cases have been reported in New South Wales during the latest surge that began seven weeks ago, when the first case of the Delta variant was detected in an unvaccinated, unmasked limousine driver who The foreign airline crew was transported.
in the state of queensland, whose capital Brisbane Under the lockdown, another 16 Covid-19 cases were reported on Thursday, similar to the previous two days.
in the state of VictoriaOfficials are trying to trace three new cases without links to prior infections that were among the eight reported on Thursday. The state on Wednesday reported zero cases for the first time in a month.
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