NSW Health reports 12 new cases of COVID-19
NSW Health has reported 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
Ten cases are linked to existing clusters: two to Thai Rock at Wetherill Park, two to The Apollo restaurant at Potts Point, and six are associated with the Bankstown funerals cluster. One case is a returned traveller in hotel quarantine and one case was locally acquired with no known source.
NSW's dozen cases was dwarfed by Victoria's 725 cases reported on Wednesday - the highest single tally for any state since the onset of the pandemic. Fifteen more people have died with COVID-19 in Victoria, taking the national death toll to 247.
In NSW, some 22,087 tests were carried out over the reporting 24-hour period.
A childcare centre in Sydney's west was closed for cleaning on Wednesday after a child attended while infectious. The child attended the Kids Early Learning Academy on July 29.
They are the child of a previously reported case linked to the Mounties, Mount Pritchard cluster. The centre was closed for deep cleaning on Wednesday and contact tracing was under way.
A total of 113 people were being treated by NSW Health on Wednesday, with nine people in intensive care, including six on ventilators.
Among the cases in Wednesday's tally were three cases reported on Tuesday: two students who attended Greenway Park Public School and a student at Bonnyrigg High School.
The active Sydney clusters have grown to:
- 105 cases linked to Thai Rock Wetherill Park cluster;
- 58 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel cluster;
- 46 cases linked to the funeral events in Bankstown and surrounding suburbs, including 15 associated with Mounties in Mount Pritchard;
- 30 cases linked to the Potts Point cluster, including 24 cases linked to the Apollo Restaurant cluster; and
- Six cases linked to the Thai Rock Restaurant Potts Point cluster (two cases attended both and are counted as Thai Rock cases).
Up north, the Queensland-NSW border closure will mean residents returning will have to fly in, with a "hard" road border to take effect.
Queensland Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said all but a few vehicles, such as freight and border residents, would be allowed to enter.
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