Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact - South Coast Register

LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS: * NSW has recorded a new daily high of 633 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases with Premier Gladys Berejiklian warning "we haven't seen the worst of it". * Three people died from the virus in NSW - an unvaccinated man in his late 60s and two men in their 70s, one fully vaccinated and the other had received one dose. * Victorian authorities are racing to find the source of several mystery COVID-19 cases in Melbourne's southeast, as the state recorded 24 new infections. * Fifteen of Victoria's new cases are linked to the beachside suburb of St Kilda, six of which are being treated as mystery infections, including a sex worker. * Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists increased vaccination rates offer hope as Australia hurtles towards record coronavirus case numbers, saying the expert immunisation panel is expected to make a decision soon on vaccinating all 12 to 15-year-olds. * Federal parliament will return next week despite Canberra's ongoing coronavirus outbreak and lockdown, as the ACT's cases grew to 67 with 22 new cases. * NSW police handed out 736 fines in one day and the police minister is warning people to avoid a "mass gathering of a group of idiots" in Sydney this weekend, referring to a planned protest march. * A police investigation has found a man escaped hotel quarantine in Adelaide by using a fire escape and lying to police. * Queensland authorities are investigating how a family travelled from Sydney to Townsville without undertaking quarantine. * The Northern Territory's chief minister is frustrated an infected US defence contractor refuses to say if he's vaccinated after triggering a Top End lockdown, with speculation the man's reluctance could lead to the Territory requiring all travellers to be vaccinated. * West Australians in NSW are being warned the window to return home on compassionate grounds will soon close as tougher restrictions loom. * Qantas and Jetstar pilots, cabin crew and airport employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-November. * Labor has warned defence troops deployed to boost coronavirus vaccination rates in western NSW Indigenous communities will fail without trusted Aboriginal elders working alongside them. AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS: * There have been 15,892,260 doses administered in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout up to Tuesday, including 273,869 in the previous 24 hours. * Of the total, 9,286,938 have been administered by the Commonwealth (an increase of +174,346 in the previous 24 hours). * 8,617,369 have been issued in primary care (+170,660) and 669,569 in aged and disability facilities (+3686). * 6,605,322 have been administered by the states and territories, including 99,523 in the previous 24 hours. AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS: * Australia reported 679 local cases: 633 in NSW, 24 in Victoria and 22 in the ACT. * Six overseas-acquired cases were reported in hotel quarantine: one in NSW, four in Queensland and one in Western Australia. * The national death toll is 968: Victoria 820, NSW 114, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 7, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states). GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS: * Cases: at least 208,554,450 * Deaths: at least 4,381,805 * Vaccine doses administered: at least 4,749,357,681. Data current as at 1900 AEST on August 18, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures. Australian Associated Press

LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS:

* NSW has recorded a new daily high of 633 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases with Premier Gladys Berejiklian warning "we haven't seen the worst of it".

* Three people died from the virus in NSW - an unvaccinated man in his late 60s and two men in their 70s, one fully vaccinated and the other had received one dose.

* Victorian authorities are racing to find the source of several mystery COVID-19 cases in Melbourne's southeast, as the state recorded 24 new infections.

* Fifteen of Victoria's new cases are linked to the beachside suburb of St Kilda, six of which are being treated as mystery infections, including a sex worker.

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists increased vaccination rates offer hope as Australia hurtles towards record coronavirus case numbers, saying the expert immunisation panel is expected to make a decision soon on vaccinating all 12 to 15-year-olds.

* Federal parliament will return next week despite Canberra's ongoing coronavirus outbreak and lockdown, as the ACT's cases grew to 67 with 22 new cases.

* NSW police handed out 736 fines in one day and the police minister is warning people to avoid a "mass gathering of a group of idiots" in Sydney this weekend, referring to a planned protest march.

* A police investigation has found a man escaped hotel quarantine in Adelaide by using a fire escape and lying to police.

* Queensland authorities are investigating how a family travelled from Sydney to Townsville without undertaking quarantine.

* The Northern Territory's chief minister is frustrated an infected US defence contractor refuses to say if he's vaccinated after triggering a Top End lockdown, with speculation the man's reluctance could lead to the Territory requiring all travellers to be vaccinated.

* West Australians in NSW are being warned the window to return home on compassionate grounds will soon close as tougher restrictions loom.

* Qantas and Jetstar pilots, cabin crew and airport employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-November.

* Labor has warned defence troops deployed to boost coronavirus vaccination rates in western NSW Indigenous communities will fail without trusted Aboriginal elders working alongside them.

AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS:

* There have been 15,892,260 doses administered in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout up to Tuesday, including 273,869 in the previous 24 hours.

* Of the total, 9,286,938 have been administered by the Commonwealth (an increase of +174,346 in the previous 24 hours).

* 8,617,369 have been issued in primary care (+170,660) and 669,569 in aged and disability facilities (+3686).

* 6,605,322 have been administered by the states and territories, including 99,523 in the previous 24 hours.

AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* Australia reported 679 local cases: 633 in NSW, 24 in Victoria and 22 in the ACT.

* Six overseas-acquired cases were reported in hotel quarantine: one in NSW, four in Queensland and one in Western Australia.

* The national death toll is 968: Victoria 820, NSW 114, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 7, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).

GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* Cases: at least 208,554,450

* Deaths: at least 4,381,805

* Vaccine doses administered: at least 4,749,357,681.

Data current as at 1900 AEST on August 18, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.

Australian Associated Press

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