The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) reports that there are 37 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one of these in ICU.
NNSWLHD says that to 4pm yesterday, 5 May, 418 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Northern NSW Local Health District, including 81 positive PCR tests and 337 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT)**.
Confirmed tests by LGA (PCR and RAT included):
- Ballina 76
- Byron 33
- Clarence Valley 55
- Kyogle 9
- Lismore 71
- Richmond Valley 40
- Tenterfield (Woodenbong & Urbenville postcode that comes under Lismore PHU) 2
- Tweed 132
There are 37 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one of these in ICU.
The NSW Health website has a range of COVID-19 information, including weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports which contain detailed analysis and trends.
You can also find more COVID-19 statistics on the NSW Government website.
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.
** 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.
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