ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Six new overseas-acquired cases were recorded in the same period, bringing the total number of cases in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,430.
There were 9,479 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 17,187.
In the week ending Sunday 13 June, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health administered 85,870 vaccines. This is the highest number of vaccines administered by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health in a week and includes 32,676 vaccines administered at the Sydney Olympic Park vaccination centre.
The total number of vaccines administered in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is now 1,705,106 with 585,595 doses administered by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health to 8pm last night and 1,119,511 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11.59pm on Saturday 12 June.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health would like to thank the communities of Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Forbes and Moree for their excellent response to calls for increased testing after two cases of COVID-19 travelled through regional ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø while potentially infectious.
For the six-day period from Sunday 6 June to Friday 12 June, compared with the previous week (Sunday 30 May to Saturday 5 June), there were significant increases in the number of people presenting for testing at Dubbo (359 to 1,906), Moree (58 to 1,337), Forbes (47 to 544) and Coonabarabran (25 to 116).
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health continues to urge anyone who resides or works in, or has visited Gillenbah, Forbes, Dubbo, Coonabarabran and Moree since 1 June to be especially vigilant for the onset of even the mildest of cold-like symptoms, and to get tested immediately and isolate should they occur.
To support increased testing for these areas this long weekend, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health is providing the following pop-up testing clinics:
Operating hours have also been extended at the following existing clinics:
We also remind people to check the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health website regularly for the full list of venues of concern associated with these cases, as the health advice for some of these venues has been updated.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health is continuing to investigate the recent movements of the COVID cases in regional ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, and has identified 603 close and casual contacts as part of its ongoing investigations.
There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. To find your nearest clinic, visit COVID-19 clinics or contact your GP.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health is treating 26 COVID-19 cases, none of whom are in intensive care. Most cases (96 per cent) are being treated in non-acute, out-of-hospital care, including returned travellers in the Special Health Accommodation.
Note: Case counts reported for a particular day may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review.
*notified from 8pm 12 June 2021 to 8pm 13 June 2021 **from 8pm 4 June 2021 to 8pm 13 June 2021
* notified to week ending 13 June 2021
Note: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health’s vaccination clinics generally operate Monday to Friday. Therefore, there may be limited or no vaccines administered on weekend days and public holidays due to planned closures.