Some of the more inetresting comments from todays NSW presser courteousy of the ABC Blog:
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said a "variety of indicators" pointed to the spread of the virus slowing in the community. She said hospitalisations, staff in isolation, absentee data from a wide-range of industries and case positivity rates pointed to declining transmission rates.
Dr Chant said seven of today's reported deaths were historical and were added after coronial investigations. She said health authorities had reviewed COVID-19 deaths since January 15 of people under 65 years old and of those 28 deaths, half were unvaccinated.
On todays deaths:
"There was one person aged in their 30s, one was in their 40s, four were in the 50s, eight people were in their 60s, 12 people were in their 70s, 13 people were in their 80s and seven people were in their 90s.
"One person had received three doses of the COVID vaccine, 29 had received two doses, up to two people had received one dose and 14 were not vaccinated. Of the seven people who died under the age of 65, all were men. Two received two doses of the COVID vaccine and five men were not vaccinated, including the men in their 30s and 40s. And both of the men who were vaccinated had significant underlying health conditions. Three of the five men who were not vaccinated also had significant underlying health conditions."
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the state was exceeding expectations despite the pressure being felt by the health system.
"[Today's figures] is below what we were expecting at this point in time and at the best case scenario, we were expecting over 3,000 people in our hospitals with COVID," in said. "In a worst-case scenario, it was 6,000 people with COVID."
He said ICU figures were also tracking below the best-case scenario figure of 270 and well below the worst-case of 600.
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