A man in his 20s died "suddenly" from COVID-19 at his Sydney home as NSW recorded 233 new infections and Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned the Delta outbreak would get worse.
Key points:
- The Premier says not all Year 12 students will return to school as planned on August 16
- Only 92 of the new cases were in isolation for their entire infectious period
- Kerry Chant says the case numbers are not falling as people are not isolating properly
The man had no underlying health conditions and died at his home in Sydney's south west yesterday, which was day 13 of his home isolation.
He was being checked daily by staff from the South-Western Sydney Local Health District but chief health officer Kerry Chant said he "suddenly deteriorated".
"He did complain of feeling a little fatigued but the deterioration happened suddenly is my understanding," Dr Chant said.
“We are aware that with COVID you can get sudden deaths and I think that is important to understand that your health status can deteriorate and you can have sudden death with COVID.”
The man, who wasn't vaccinated, was living with one other person who also has COVID-19 and has since been admitted to hospital.
"You can imagine the trauma for that person who has now been hospitalised," Dr Chant said.
A woman in her 80s from Sydney's inner west also died yesterday after testing positive to COVID-19 on July 27.
She died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and was not vaccinated.
The death toll in NSW since the pandemic began is now 73.
Today NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian backtracked on her previous announcement about Year 12 students returning to school this month and suggested some may have to stay home for longer.
Last week the Premier said Year 12 students in Greater Sydney would return to school on August 16 but now she says that may not happen.
"We will provide confirmation of our plans for Year 12 moving forward later this week or early next week and I want to make it clear that we will not support any initiative that will worsen the situation or become a health risk," she said.
"I do want to foreshadow that given where the case numbers are at, especially in those eight local government areas and students won't be vaccinated until the week of 9 August, that we need to make sure we adjust our policies according to what's happening."
But Ms Berejiklian said it wouldn't be a "uniform" approach and it's likely students in some areas where there is zero community transmission— such as Shellharbour, Wollongong and the Central Coast — will be able to return to campus.
"I don't want to make any of those comments until we have further information [but] I want to stress the following ... all Year 12 students will get their HSC."
When asked why the case numbers were not falling despite five weeks of lockdown, Dr Chant said it was a result of too many people not isolating properly after becoming a close contact or testing positive.
Ms Berejiklian said the large number of infectious cases in the community suggested the outbreak had not reached its peak yet.
However, she assured the public NSW was doing better than some predicted, as recent modelling estimated upwards of 500 cases today.
"We will turn the corner it's just a question of when," Ms Berejiklian said.
Of the new cases reported yesterday, 47 were infectious in the community and 21 were only in isolation for part of their infectious period.
There were 105,578 tests in 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
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