Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic with 262 cases and five deaths as Delta spreads north

Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic with 262 cases and five deaths as Delta spreads north

The Guardian says a beach party in Newcastle attended by young people from western Sydney has triggered a snap lockdown in eight regional local government areas as New South Wales authorities worry that the Delta variant of Covid is now spreading in the regions.

NSW recorded 262 coronavirus cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday – its worst day so far in the pandemic. At least 72 cases were in the community for all or part of their infectious period.

But it is the detection of fragments of the virus in sewage systems in Armidale and Dubbo as well as in the Newcastle and the Central Coast that has authorities most worried.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/05/nsw-covid-update-sydney-suffers-worst-day-of-pandemic-with-262-cases-and-five-deaths-as-delta-spreads-north

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