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Watch live: NSW and Victoria’s COVID-19 updates
By Broede Carmody
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Health Minister Brad Hazzard and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant are providing a coronavirus update.
Watch live below.
Meanwhile, Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley, acting Chief Health Officer Ben Cowie and Department of Health Deputy Secretary Kate Matson are speaking from 11.15am AEST.
Stay tuned for that one.
Western Sydney cases declining while regional cases rise
By Daniella White
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says case numbers are beginning to decline in south-west and western Sydney.
But she noted at this morning’s health update that the numbers were starting from a high point while naming Greenacre, Merrylands, Guildford, Yagoona, Blacktown and Minto as some areas of concern that remain.
Meanwhile, authorities are concerned about growing outbreaks in regional NSW.
“We need to keep an eye on the regional communities seeing a surge in cases,” Ms Berejilklian said.
“You could go backwards from October 11.”
Six women, one man die with COVID-19 in Victoria
By Cassandra Morgan
As we reported earlier this morning, seven people have died with COVID-19 in Victoria.
Five of those who died were from Hume in Melbourne’s north west: two women in their 80s, one man in his 80s, a woman in her 70s, and a woman in her 50s.
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley. Credit:Getty
The remaining two people who died were a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 90s, both from Whittlesea in Melbourne’s outer north.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there were 371 people in hospital with COVID-19 in the state.
Of those people, 81 were in intensive care. Fifty-five of those in ICU are on a ventilator.
Nine patients, one staff member test positive for COVID-19 at Melbourne rehab centre
By Cassandra Morgan
Nine patients and one staff member at a Melbourne rehabilitation centre have tested positive for COVID-19.
A spokeswoman for Austin Health, which operates the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre at Kew, said the nine patients had been transferred from its Mellor Ward to Austin Hospital, where they were in a stable condition.
The staff member who tested positive was now in quarantine, the spokeswoman said, as were the remaining patients in the Mellor Ward. She said all patients and staff were being tested for COVID-19 as a precaution.
Health professionals at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre manage patients with a wide range of medical problems, including stroke, nerve and brain conditions, heart disease, and infectious diseases.
Patients in the Mellor Ward are those who require rehabilitation after having, for example, a stroke, amputation, or orthopaedic treatment.
New Zealand records 45 new cases of COVID-19
By Broede Carmody
New Zealand has recorded 45 new cases of COVID-19 in the community.
It’s the highest daily tally in several days, but the majority of cases are linked to existing outbreaks. NZ reported 12 cases of COVID-19 yesterday and eight cases on Monday.
All of today’s cases are based in Auckland.
NSW aged care visits allowed from October 11
By Daniella White
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed fully vaccinated people will be able to visit aged care facilities when lockdown ends on October 11.
“I am looking forward to seeing my parents in that week,” she said.
“For those of you who haven’t been able to see a loved one for around three months, Monday, the 11th, so long as you are fully vaccinated, two at a time and two per day are able to visit a loved one in an aged care facility.”
She said visitors should exercise caution and stay away from facilities if they are unwell.
“We don’t want to compromise the safety of your loved ones and those around you,” Ms Berejiklian said.
Border bubble with NSW uncertain: Qld Chief Health Officer
By Felicity Caldwell
The future of the border bubble between Queensland and New South Wales is again up in the air after two new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Byron Bay and Kyogle.
The new cases came as Tweed Heads and Byron Bay were returned to the border bubble from 1am on Wednesday after stay-at-home orders were lifted.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young. Credit:Matt Dennien
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the state would respond to any decision made by NSW.
“They have all the information and they’ll work through that,” she said.
Dr Young said a truck driver, who travelled into Queensland and was infectious on the Gold Coast, had also travelled through Byron Bay and Ballina while infectious.
NSW records 863 new cases of COVID-19, 15 deaths
By Daniella White
NSW has recorded 863 new cases and 15 deaths as the state’s double-dose vaccination rate climbs to 61.7 per cent.
It is the highest number of daily deaths recorded in NSW during the current outbreak.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian prepares to address the media at Wednesday’s COVID-19 update.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state continued to have fewer hospitalisations than previously predicted.
“Interestingly, our hospitalisation rate and ICU rate is doing OK compared to our modelling,” she said.
“We are tracking under what we envisaged we would, but there is no time for complacency.
“I want to issue a cautious warning to everybody. We are all looking forward to October 11. It is a day when we will be able to do all those things we haven’t been able to do for a long time.”
Of the new deaths, two people were in their 40s, two were in their 50s, four were in their 60s, three were in their 70s, one in their 80s, and three were in their 90s.
One person had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, five had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nine were not vaccinated.
Victoria set to cut Pfizer dose intervals
By Paul Sakkal
The Victorian government is preparing to shorten the gap between first and second doses of Pfizer to speed up the state’s vaccine program and reach inoculation targets in quicker time.
The state government is waiting on formal confirmation of Pfizer supply for state-run hubs for the final week of October. Federal government sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Victoria’s hubs would receive 265,000 doses in both the last weeks of October.
The Andrews and Morrison governments are having a spat over the Pfizer supply in Victoria.
However, the Victorian government has only been notified of the third week’s supply. Once the fourth week’s allocation is confirmed, which could be as early as today or in coming days, the Victorian government is set to cut the dose intervals.
Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday confirmed his government was considering shortening the time between doses for Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines.
The Victorian road map estimates 70 per cent of Victorians will be double-dosed by October 26, at which point the lockdown will end but strict clamps on indoor activities will remain. On November 5, when 80 per cent are fully vaccinated, rules will ease more significantly.
Shortening the dose intervals would allow more second doses to be administered in October and these targets would probably be hit earlier.
Health officials have not cut the intervals yet because there had been a level of uncertainty about mRNA supply for October, though potential supply issues have not eventuated and the federal government says there will be enough vaccine supply for every eligible Victorian to receive a vaccine by November.
Gold Coast on high alert after new COVID-19 case in Queensland
By Felicity Caldwell
The Gold Coast is on alert after one new community case was detected in Queensland.
However, the region has so far avoided being plunged into lockdown.
The new local case comes after a total of four cases were reported on Tuesday, including a truck driver who was infectious in the community for eight days.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said a close contact of a man in his 30s who worked at an aviation training facility has since tested positive to coronavirus. He is a 50-year-old man based at Biggera Waters on the Gold Coast.
The man, who is fully vaccinated, was in the Gold Coast community while infectious.
Meanwhile, a truck driver has tested positive after driving into Queensland and returning to NSW. But that case will be recorded in NSW’s official tally (due to be handed down around 11am AEST).
That truck driver was infectious on the Gold Coast for three days, including in Mermaid Waters, Merrimac, Nerang, Surfers Paradise, Miami Beach and Currumbin.
Genomic testing has shown the virus is not linked to any existing Queensland cases but instead in NSW and the US.
Ms D’Ath said that meant there was no evidence the virus was still circulating in the community from previous clusters.
People have been urged to check the Queensland Health website, with more exposure sites expected to added.
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