There were 935 new community Covid-19 cases reported in New South Wales today and four deaths.
A New South Wales police officer talks with people as they stand in a line waiting to be vaccinated at the Sydney Olympic Park Vaccination Centre at Homebush. Photo: AFP
The deaths include two men in their 60s, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 80s.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the case numbers dropping below 1000 was pleasing but she was not ready to "read too much into" it.
She said even if case numbers go down it can be expected that the number of people in intensive care and the number who lose their lives will go up.
Berejiklian said that's because the state has had a lot of cases in the last few weeks and people often get very sick in the second week of the illness and sometimes stay very sick for a long time.
She said that is why they are predicting October will be the worst month for the number of people who need intensive care or lose their lives.
NSW recorded 935 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. 1 case was acquired overseas, & 28 previously reported cases have been excluded following investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 52,705. pic.twitter.com/fZxYY9x4hf
— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) September 20, 2021
The total number of deaths in NSW since the start of the pandemic is now 301.
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Victoria 567 cases, one death
Victoria has recorded 567 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases and one death, as Melburnians prepare for another five weeks of hard lockdown under the state's new restrictions roadmap.
Health authorities are yet to reveal how many of the new cases are linked to existing outbreaks.
The cases were detected from 50,915 test results received on Sunday, when Premier Daniel Andrews unveiled a roadmap indicating lockdown should begin to ease in Melbourne from 26 October.
That step is based on the projected date when 70 percent of Victorians aged 16+ will be vaccinated and could come sooner if the state's vaccination rollout accelerates.
The state delivered 39,939 vaccine doses at state-run sites on Sunday.
Andrews said the painful path out of lockdown would put immense strain on the health system, but was necessary in order to pass through the "gateway" to a new stage of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Queensland recorded no new community cases of Covid-19 today.
- ABC
