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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Ambulances are the safest way to be assessed, treated and transported to the right hospital for the care you need.

Triple zero (000) is a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For less severe but still urgent situations, go to an Emergency Department.

There are 12 public hospital Emergency Departments in Northern NSW Local Health District and they are all available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency departments are located at:

COVID-19 Update: 27 May
Published: 27 May 2022

To 4pm 26 May, 255 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 38 positive PCR tests and 217 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT)**.

Confirmed tests by LGA (PCR and RAT included):

  • Ballina 47
  • Byron 29
  • Clarence Valley 32
  • Kyogle 4
  • Lismore 60
  • Richmond Valley 32
  • Tweed 51

There are 22 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one of these in ICU.

The NSW Health website has a range of COVID-19 information, including weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports which contain detailed analysis and trends.

You can also find more COVID-19 statistics on the NSW Government website.

If you have even mild symptoms or have had known contact with a COVID-19 case, please get tested as soon as you can. Please isolate while awaiting a negative result.

If you test positive using a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), please register your result with Service NSW.

To protect yourself and others:

    • don’t go out if you’re unwell
    • take your mask with you so you can wear it if you’re somewhere you can’t socially distance, especially indoors, and
    • use hand sanitiser or wash your hands regularly.

Boosters:

If you are eligible for a booster, please book without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder. If it has been more than 6 months since your second vaccine, you are considered ‘overdue’.

An additional winter booster dose is recommended for those who are at higher risk of serious illness. This includes people who are:
• Aged 65+
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged 50+
• Residents of an aged care or disability care facility
• Severely immunocompromised and aged 16+

** RAT results may be from within the previous seven days, and there may be some cases included in these numbers where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period.