Hunter New England Health District COVID-19 update 13th September

Today there were an additional 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Hunter New England Health District.

It brings the total for the region to 310 new cases, 161 of those cases are active cases. 

The cases today don’t include a breakdown of where people were infectious in the community; Hunter New England Health said due to the high percentage of infectious people in the community and the geographical spread, their public health advice is that there is no longer a public health benefit to break these down for each individual case and suburb.

So, the 18 cases are from:

  • 5 are from Newcastle LGA
    – 2 in Mayfield
    – 2 in Mayfield West
    – 1 in Elermore Vale
    – 1 in Hamilton South
  • 5 are from Lake Macquarie LGA
    – 2 in Arcadia Vale
    – 1 in Balcolyn
    – 1 in Blackalls Park
    – 1 in Boolaroo
  • 4 are from Port Stephens LGA
    – 1 in Salamander Bay
    – 1 in Nelson Bay
    – 1 in Anna Bay
    – 1 in Soldiers Point
  • 2 are from Maitland LGA
    – 2 in Tenambit
  • 2 are from Cessnock LGA
    – 1 in Greta
    – 1 in Weston
  • 9 of the total active cases are currently being cared for in hospital. 0 are in ICU.
  • 8 of the cases are linked, 2 unlinked and 8 under investigation.
  • 2 were isolating while infectious, 8 were infectious in the community, with 8 under investigation.
  • 546 close contacts are in isolation.
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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