The number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven has doubled in the past week.
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As at 8pm last night, 13 patients were in hospital in the local health district as a result of the virus, up from six last Monday.
Some 125 confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, with 75 from Wollongong, 27 from Shellharbour, 18 from Kiama and the remaining five from the Shoalhaven.
This was slightly down on the 130 cases announced on Sunday.
There have been 3745 total community acquired cases reported in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven since June 16, the start of the Delta outbreak.
A breakdown of cases by suburb is listed below. Residents in these areas are advised to be extra vigilant when leaving their home, when monitoring for symptoms and getting tested if they feel unwell.
Wollongong LGA - 75 cases
- 2500 - 14
- 2530 - 14
- 2525 - 9
- 2518 - 9
- 2516 - 6
- 2526 - 5
- 2517 - 5
- 2506 - 4
- 2508 - 4
- 2515 - 3
- 2519 - 2
Shellharbour LGA - 27 cases
- 2529 - 13
- 2528 - 12
- 2527 - 2
Kiama LGA - 18 cases
- 2533 - 17
- 2534 - 1
Shoalhaven LGA - 5 cases
- 2541 - 3
- 2539 - 1
- 2540 - 1
Across the state, 6324 new infections were diagnosed from more than 97,000 tests on Sunday, with NSW also reporting another three deaths. One man has become the first known death from the Omicron strain.
While the number of new cases dropped by 70, the number of people hospitalised in NSW also doubled in the past week.
A total of 521 people are in hospital, 55 of them in intensive care.
Testing numbers also decreased by more than 12,000 compared to the day before.
The number of tests processed each day has plummeted by more than 60,000 over the past four days, as testing sites and laboratories become overwhelmed and wait times blow out.
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