Hunter New England Health District COVID-19 update 8th October

The Hunter New England Health District has recorded 97 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

That brings the total in the district to 1,532 for the current outbreak and 1,014 cases are currently active.

The cases today are from:

  • 27 are from Lake Macquarie LGA
    – 4 in Warners Bay
    – 3 in Mount Hutton
    – 2 in Hillsborough
    – 2 in Teralba
    – 2 in Tingara Heights
    – 2 in Windale
    – 2 in Gateshead
    – 1 in Belmont North
    – 1 in Cardiff Heights
    – 1 in Charlestown
    – 1 in Edgeworth
    – 1 in Macquarie Hills
    – 1 in Marmong Point
    – 1 in Speers Point
    – 1 in Toronto
    – 1 in Valentine
    – 1 in Yarrawonga Park
  • 23 are from Cessnock LGA
    – 8 in Cessnock
    – 5 in Paxton
    – 4 in Ellalong
    – 3 in Kurri Kurri
    – 1 in Aberdare
    – 1 in Kitchener
    – 1 in Weston
  • 17 are from Maitland LGA
    – 6 in Woodberry
    – 4 in Ashtonfield
    – 2 in Aberglasslyn
    – 2 in South Maitland
    – 1 in East Maitland
    – 1 in Metford
    – 1 in Telarah
  • 8 are from Tamworth Regional LGA
    – 5 in West Tamworth
    – 3 in Tamworth
  • 6 are from Newcastle LGA
    – 3 in Mayfield
    – 1 in Tarro
    – 1 in Fletcher
    – 1 in Cooks Hill
  • 6 are from MidCoast LGA
    – 3 in Taree
    – 2 in Nabiac
    – 1 in Minimbah
  • 6 are from Singleton LGA
    – 4 in Singleton
    – 1 in Singleton Heights
    – 1 in Hunterview
  • 3 are from Port Stephens LGA
    – 2 in Medowie
    – 1 in Raymond Terrace
  • 1 is from Gunnedah LGA
    – 1 in Curlewis
  • 30 of the total active cases are currently being cared for in hospital. 4 are currently in ICU.
  • 65 are linked, 10 are unlinked, and 21 are still under investigation.
  • 34 were infectious in the community, 42 were isolating while infectious and 21 are still under investigation.
To see vaccination rates by postcode visit https://bit.ly/Vaccination_by_postcode.
To view the case location map for NSW visit https://bit.ly/NSW_CaseLocations.
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