- Despite the lockdown for several weeks, Australia’s largest state still recorded a new number of Covid-19 cases.
- Driven by the delta mutation, New South Wales recorded 1,029 new infections on Wednesday.
- Health officials extended the lockdown on Thursday. An official called it a “powder box ready to explode.”
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Although for weeks, Australia’s largest state has had more Covid-19 cases than ever before Strictly blockade.
New South Wales, home to the Australian capital Sydney, recorded 1,029 new infections on Wednesday. According to official statistics, This is a daily increase in cases in any state or territory in Australia since the beginning of the pandemic.
State health officer Said Thursday The strict lockdown-which has been implemented to varying degrees of severity since June 26-will be extended until at least September 10. New South Wales Deputy Prime Minister John Barillaro said: “We are on the blade. This is a gunpowder box ready to explode.”
Officials say the goal is for 70% to 80% of people to be fully vaccinated before opening.
About 94% of the 14,040 Australians currently infected with Covid-19 are in New South Wales, Federal data shows.
The current outbreak is mainly caused by highly contagious Delta variants, The virus was first detected in the Bondi Beach area of Sydney on June 16.
Since then, New South Wales has recorded 15,684 Covid-19 cases, mainly people between the ages of 20 and 29. Status data display. There have been 79 deaths, most of them over 60 years of age.
Currently, people living in New South Wales can only leave their homes for reasonable reasons, including shopping, basic work, exercise and providing medical services. People cannot visit anyone outside the family, including family or friends.
People living in some of the areas with the most cases face tougher measures. For example, they can only exercise for one hour a day.
According to national dataApproximately 10% of the 836,000 people in New South Wales were vaccinated.
Overall, 25.5% of Australians are fully vaccinated, According to Johns Hopkins University. The world average is 25%. In contrast, 51.7% of Americans received a comprehensive vaccine, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
