Coronavirus NSW: 12 new cases of COVID-19 - NEWS.com.au

Twelve new cases of coronavirus in NSW were announced on Tuesday out of 12,876 tests, with only one of the new cases found in a returned traveller from overseas.

Of the new cases, three were members of the same household, who acquired the virus in Victoria, and the other eight have been traced back to known clusters.

Five of these are linked to Mounties at Mount Pritchard, in Sydney’s southwest, with two of the new cases having visited the venue. Three more are contacts of people who contracted the virus at the club.

Two of the cases attended The Apollo restaurant in the inner-city suburb of Potts Point and one is linked to the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park in western Sydney.

Newly identified cases at Bonnyrigg High School and Greenway Park Public School saw the two institutions close for deep cleaning on Tuesday, and contact tracing is under way.

Of these three cases, all are linked to cases who had attended Mounties at Mount Pritchard. Due to the time of the result, only one case has been counted in Tuesday’s tally, and the other two will be included in Wednesday’s numbers.

A statement from NSW Health revealed not all cases diagnosed in the past week have been linked back to an existing cluster or infected person, despite the best efforts of contact tracers.

There are 110 coronavirus cases being treated by NSW Health. Six people were in intensive care, and five were ventilated as of 8pm on Monday night.

Anyone with even the smallest symptom of the virus is encouraged to say home, get tested and isolate until their result has returned.

NSW’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said isolation was “mandatory for anyone identified as a close contact of a case”.

“Anyone directed to undertake a 14-day self-isolation period must stay in isolation for the full time, even if they test negative,” she said.

“Early testing may not detect an infection, and release from self-isolation based on a negative test could allow an infectious person to infect others in the community. Most people who are infected and develop symptoms will do so within 14 days of exposure.”

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2020-08-04 01:18:45Z
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