Weekly Covid update - October 28

WEEKLY COVID UPDATE - October 28, Lake Macquarie

Please note that I've chosen not to include new case numbers in the weekly updates any more. Given that it's no longer mandatory to report Covid cases, the numbers provided by NSW Health are no longer an accurate reflection of case numbers in the local area. All other data below is accurate.

Lives lost in Hunter Health district in past week: 3 (Down 2 on previous week)

Lives lost in Hunter Health district since start of pandemic: 530 (Up 3 on previous week)

Lives lost in NSW since start of pandemic: 5430 (Up 16 on previous week)

Hospitalisations in the Hunter this week: 21 (Same as previous week)

Admitted to ICU in the Hunter this week: 4 (Same as previous week)

See NSW Health's full weekly report HERE: 

All data issued by NSW Health on October 27. All data relates to week ending October 22.