Covid update: Sunday
16th January 2022
COVID UPDATE - 11.15am, SUNDAY JANUARY 16 Covid patients currently in Hunter Health district hospitals: 116 (no change since yesterday) Covid patients in Hunter ICU: 7 (no change since yesterday) Covid patients currently in NSW hospitals: 2650 (up 74 since yesterday) Covid patients in NSW ICU: 191 (down 2 since yesterday) New cases in Hunter Health district since yesterday: 1775 (PCR only, down 579 on yesterday's figure) Total number of cases in the Hunter over the past four weeks: 42,615 (PCR only, up 1574 on the previous day) Total number of cases in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 9993 (PCR only, up 186 on previous day) Total number of PCR tests in the Hunter over the past four weeks: 235,930 (down 19,932 on previous day's figure) Total number of PCR tests in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 59,241 (down 6371 on previous day's figure) New cases statewide since yesterday: 34,660 (PCR + RAT) Lives lost statewide in past 24 hours: 20 (same as yesterday) Lives lost in Hunter Health district in past 24 hours: 1 (a man in his 90s from the Tamworth area. My condolences to his family and friends.) STATEWIDE UPDATE and VACCINATION RATES- 95.2% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 93.8% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 25.4% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine*
- 82.1% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 78.4% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 11.5% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 2,650 hospitalisations
- 191 people in ICU
- 20 lives lost
- 34,660 positive tests: 13,682 RAT, 20,978 PCR
*Includes both immunocompromised people who have received a third dose and all people aged 18+ who have received a booster
**Of the 13,682 positive RAT results, 11,204 of these positive tests were from the previous seven days. Please note there may be some cases included in these numbers where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period.
As I reported yesterday, Hunter-New England Health is no longer providing a daily breakdown of new cases by LGA. With the centralisation of rapid antigen reporting at a state level, our local case numbers are no longer an accurate reflection of COVID-19 across the local region.Hospitalisation, ICU numbers and other important public health messages WILL STILL BE ISSUED DAILY and I will continue to post them. LGA breakdowns are still available HERE.
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