Cases of COVID-19 the health district have spiked again after falling yesterday, as more cases emerge in the North West parts of the state.
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Moree Plains local government area reported 21 new cases overnight, accounting for the bulk of the 62 cases reported by Hunter New England Health to 8pm Monday.
Hospitals were treating 20 people for COVID-19 with three in intensive care, taking the district's total active cases to 827.
There were five new cases reported in the Newcastle local government area overnight, with 11 at Cessnock, seven at Lake Macquarie, two at Maitland and one at both Port Stephens and Singleton.
The update comes as Nelson Bay Swimming and Wellness Academy has been added to the Hunter's list of casual contact exposure venues. Anyone who visited the facility at Taylor's Beach on Friday, October 29, between 8.55am and 12.30pm, November 2 from 8.50am to 11.40am and 3.25pm to 6.25pm, or November 3 from 8.55am to 11.45am, has been urged to get tested and to isolate until they receive a negative result.
To the New England and North West, Inverell reported three new cases, with two in Tamworth, one in Armidale, and eight from within the MidCoast local government area.
Meanwhile, NSW has reached 89.9 per cent double-vaccination coverage for adults aged 16 year and over, as NSW Health reported 222 new locally acquired cases and four deaths.
Advice for close contacts:
Hunter New England Health has provided the following advice for close contacts of COVID-19 positive cases.
If you are fully vaccinated with two doses of completed at least 14 days before you had contact with a COVID-19 case:
- self-isolate for 7 days
- get tested straight away and again on day 6
- leave self-isolation after 7 days if your test on day 6 is negative, you feel well and you have had no further contact with a COVID-19 positive person
- for the following 7 days, work from home if you can and do not attend a high-risk setting (healthcare, aged care, disability care, early childhood centres, primary school and correctional facilities) even if it is your place of work
- get tested again on day 12.
If you are not fully vaccinated with no, one or two doses completed within 14 days of contact with a COVID-19 case:
- self-isolate for 14 days
- get tested straight away, on day 6 and again on day 12
- leave self-isolation after 14 days if your test on day 12 is negative, you feel well and you have had no further contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
If you have had COVID-19 in the past six months you will generally not be considered a close contact and you do not need to self-isolate or get a test unless you have symptoms.