Today New South Wales recorded 753 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 with zero deaths recorded.
Western NSW recorded 36 new cases including 23 in the Dubbo region, 5 in Parkes, 2 in Bourke and the Wellington local government area.
These areas still remain a concern.
Coonamble has recorded 1 case, Gilgandra 2 and 1 in Narromine.
This brings the total number of cases since January 25 2020 to 19,356.
Today New South Wales is expected to pass 6 million vaccinations with the vaccination rate considered among the fastest in the world.
There are no active cases of COVID-19 in the Hilltops or Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council areas.
Please remember to wear a mask when leaving your home except when performing strenuous exercise.
Please follow the current Public Health Orders and stay at home unless you have a reasonable excuse to leave.
A reasonable excuse is if you need to:
– obtain food or other goods and services locally
- – leave home to go to work if, you cannot reasonably work from home and the business is allowed to be open
- – leave home for education if it is not possible to do it at home
- – exercise and take outdoor recreation within your local government area or, if you need to cross into another local government area, stay within 5km of your home
- – go out for medical or caring reasons, including obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination.