To 4pm 28 April, 398 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 74 positive PCR tests and 324 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT)**.
Confirmed tests by LGA (PCR and RAT included):
o #Ballina 74
o #Byron 54
o #ClarenceValley 41
o #Kyogle 13
o #Lismore 59
o #Richmond Valley 34
o #Tweed 123
There are 37 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW.
The NSW Health website has a range of COVID-19 information, including weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports which contain detailed analysis and trends. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/stats-nsw.aspx?…
You can also find more COVID-19 statistics on the NSW Government website. https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/stay-safe/data-and-statistics?fbclid=Iw…
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.