NSW records 239 new local COVID cases

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says New South Wales has recorded 239 new locally acquired COVID cases as she urges residents to take up the vaccine in the month of August. Of the 239 cases, 26 were in the community while infectious and 35 were in the community for part of their infectious period. “We are again seeing the virus circulate in workplaces and households,” she said. “The one positive take out is that the virus has not in the main gone outside those eight local government areas of concern. “Today is the 1st of August and I am calling upon the people of Greater Sydney, of greater New South Wales, to come forward and get vaccinated. “We know that the more people that get vaccinated the closer we [are] to living life as normally as we can with a Delta strain. “We know that all Australians are facing this challenge, all Australians will need to get the vaccination rates up. “But in New South Wales in particular, we have a sense of urgency. We can't wait. “We want people in August to really come forward and get vaccinated as soon as possible.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au