NSW records 210 new local COVID-19 cases

New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard has announced the state has recorded 210 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, with the majority of these in south-west and Western Sydney. Mr Hazzard said 81 of the new cases were acquired in south-western Sydney with 72 cases acquired in Western Sydney. “Again, the focus, unfortunately, has been in that area and I'll just ask everybody in that local area to do what NSW Health has asked now on many occasions, and that is stay at home,” he said. “Unless you must go out, unless it’s essential that you go out … and definitely do not go and visit another household.” He said 198 people are in hospital with 53 of these in intensive care and 27 requiring ventilation. “That tells us that it’s an extremely serious disease and people are ending up in our hospitals in substantial numbers.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au