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  1. Active COVID-19 cases in NSW
  2. COVID-19 cases reported in NSW
  3. Local COVID-19 transmission and sewage surveillance detection
  4. COVID-19 weekly surveillance in NSW
  5. More information
  6. Notes

Active COVID-19 cases in NSW

  • 0 Locally acquired
  • 0 Interstate
  • 41 Overseas

Active cases are defined as people who have tested positive for COVID-19, are in isolation and are being clinically monitored by NSW Health. A person will no longer be an active case when they are clinically released from isolation.

COVID-19 cases reported in NSW

supervisor_account Locally acquired

Known source

  • Last 24 hours 0
  • This week 0
  • Last week 0
  • Total since Jan 2020 1,641

Unknown source

  • Last 24 hours 0
  • This week 0
  • Last week 0
  • Total 446

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  • Last 24 hours 0
  • This week 0
  • Last week 0
  • Total 90

flight_land Overseas

  • Last 24 hours 3
  • This week 29
  • Last week 13
  • Total 2,814

assessment Total cases

  • Last 24 hours 3
  • This week 29
  • Last week 13
  • Total 4,991

Tests

  • Last 24 hours 10,652
  • This week 83,962
  • Last week 112,934
  • Total 5,022,326

Cases with an unknown source mean there are some people with COVID-19 who do not know where or how they were infected. This shows there are people infected with COVID-19 in the community who have not been diagnosed and is the reason why testing is critical. Read more about testing advice and areas of increased testing.

Local COVID-19 transmission and sewage surveillance detection

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COVID-19 weekly surveillance in NSW

Public health experts carefully review case information and monitor local testing rates to understand the incidence, severity, and distribution of COVID-19 in NSW.

More information

Notes

Last 24 hours refers to new cases and tests in the 24 hours from 8pm 27 February to 8pm 28 February, 2021. This week includes data for the 7 days ending 8pm 28 February 2021, last week includes data to the week ending 8pm 21 February 2021. Numbers of cases are based on date of notification to NSW Health.

The map shows the location of residence by Local Government Area (LGA) or local health district (LHD) of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the last four weeks up to 8pm 28 February 2021. It is based on the date the person first developed symptoms. When no date of symptom onset is available (it is either under investigation by public health staff or the person tested positive without showing symptoms), the date of the positive test is used. Infections are not always acquired in the place of residence as people often travel outside their area for many reasons (e.g. work, school and shopping). Cases without a NSW residential address and people who were exposed interstate or overseas are not shown. Case counts may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review.

The NSW Sewage Surveillance Program tests untreated sewage for fragments of the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) virus at sewage treatment plant locations across NSW. The map also shows detections for the latest sample collected. It has been produced with assistance from utilities including Sydney Water and is an approximation of the catchment areas for the sewage treatment plants. It is provided for general information and public health advice. A single treatment plant may receive sewage from a number of sewage networks, and individual sewage networks may also be sampled. Test results from samples taken from individual network sites are not currently shown on this map. However, detections from these sites are listed at Locations where COVID-19 virus fragments have been detected in sewage.

The total NSW case count excludes 189 crew members who tested positive while on board a ship docked in NSW at the time of diagnosis. NSW Health reports on the number of tests notified instead of the number of people tested. In total, 3,777,546 people have been tested in NSW. Find out more about how NSW counts tests.

Current as at: Monday 1 March 2021
Contact page owner: Health Protection NSW