As of 8pm 21 April 2020

  1. Surveillance reports
  2. Table: Confirmed cases
  3. Recovery data on COVID-19 cases
  4. Areas for increased testing and surveillance
  5. Table: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by age group and gender
  6. Graph: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by age group and gender
  7. Table: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by likely source of infection
  8. Graph: Epidemiological curve of confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by likely source of infection and notification date
  9. Current COVID-19 clusters in NSW
  10. Airport screening
  11. Summary of the first 200 cases in NSW
  12. Notes
  13. More information

Surveillance reports

Table: Confirmed cases

Cases Count
Total confirmed cases 1 2,971
New cases reported since 8pm 20 April 2020 1 5
People tested since 8pm 20 April 2020 1, 2 4,291
People tested and excluded since 8pm 20 April 2020 1, 2 4,286
Total people tested 1, 2 175,419
Total people tested and excluded 1, 2 172,448
Total deaths 3 30

Notes

  1. Confirmed case count includes interstate residents in care in NSW. Case counts reported for a particular day may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review. Excludes crew members of cruise ships who are not in the care of NSW Health.
  2. A surge in total number of tests performed on a particular day may occur as the test results are updated in batches and new laboratories gain testing capacity. Low test counts may also be due to a delay in importation or receipt of negative results from various laboratories.​
  3. This count includes two Queensland residents who died in NSW.

Recovery data on COVID-19 cases in NSW

To find out how long it takes people infected with COVID-19 to recover, NSW Health staff have begun contacting all cases at 3 weeks after their illness began to ask them about their COVID-19 symptoms. Cases whose symptoms have resolved are asked to report the date this occurred. Cases who still have symptoms are called every 2 weeks until symptoms have resolved.

A preliminary analysis on information collected from over 2, 000 case interviews showed:

  • 50% of cases had recovered after 16 days
  • 75% had recovered after 3 weeks
  • 95% had recovered after 6 weeks.

Older people were found to take longer to recover than younger people. 

Table: COVID-19 case outcomes

Outcome Number %
Recovered 1926 65
Not recovered 243 8
Died 33 1
Alive - less than 3 weeks from symptom onset/recovery data not available 769 26
Total 2971 100

Areas for increased testing and surveillance

Find your Local Government Area by suburb.

Table: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by age group and gender

Age group Female Male Total
0-9 14 16 30
10-19 48 43 91
20-29 353 281 634
30-39 248 247 495
40-49 160 210 370
50-59 222 220 442
60-69 238 227 465
70-79 145 166 311
80-89 45 51 96
90-100 22 15 37
Total 1495 1476 2971

Note: Excludes cases notified without a date of birth and/or gender.

Graph: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by age group and gender

 

Table: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by likely source of infection

Source Cases
Overseas acquired 1,738
Interstate acquired 70
Locally acquired – contact of a confirmed case and/or in a known cluster 799
Locally acquired – contact not identified 356
Under investigation 8
Total 2,971

Note: Case counts reported for a particular day may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review.

Graph: Epidemiological curve of confirmed COVID-19 cases in NSW by likely source of infection and notification date


Note: The details on source of infection are subject to change as public health investigations and case interviews are ongoing.

Current COVID-19 clusters in NSW

This list includes locally-acquired clusters only; where a cluster represents 2 or more confirmed COVID-19 cases associated in location and time.

Cluster Date of first positive lab test LGA Last case within
14 days		 Number of cases*
Workplace in Lidcombe 11 April 2020 Parramatta Yes 1-10
Anglicare Newmarch House 10 April 2020 Penrith Yes 21-30
Workplace in Wolli Creek 2 April 2020 Bayside Yes 11-20
Waverly Area Cluster 2 April 2020 Waverley Council Yes 1-10
QF66 Johannesburg/Sydney
arriving 27 March 		1 April 2020 N/A Yes 1-10
Workplace in Prestons 29 March 2020 Liverpool Yes 11-20
QF28 Santiago/Sydney
arriving 29 March 		26 March 2020 N/A Yes 31-40
Hunter Valley Event 26 March 2020 Cessnock Yes 1-10
Gosford Hospital 25 March 2020 Gosford Yes 11-20
Opal Aged Care Bankstown 22 March 2020 Canterbury- Bankstown Yes 1-10
Chilean Navy 21 March 2020 Sydney Yes 20-30
Rose of Sharon Childcare Centre 16 March 2020 Blacktown Yes 21-30

Notes: *represents the total number cases associated with the cluster diagnosed in NSW as at 10am 17 April 2020, presented in ranges of 1-10, 11-20 etc.

Airport screening

Since 2 February 2020, NSW Health been assisting the Australian Government in assessing passengers who arrive at Sydney International Airport from countries with high levels of COVID-19 community transmission. On 21 April 2020, a total of 205 passenger arrivals were screened for possible symptoms of COVID-19. 1 person required transfer to hospital for further evaluation and COVID-19 testing.

To date, 53,957 passenger arrivals have been screened for possible symptoms of COVID-19. A total of 569 people have been transferred to hospital for further evaluation and COVID-19 testing where clinically indicated.

Summary of the first 200 cases in NSW

Summary of the first 200 cases in NSW includes:

  • demographics
  • age distribution of the first 200 cases
  • source of infection (overseas and within Australia)
  • epicurve by country of acquisition (latest onset 15 March 2020)
  • hospitalisation
  • profile of symptomatic patients
  • deaths.

Notes

This data includes confirmed COVID-19 cases only (based on location of usual residence). Cases without a NSW residential address are not shown. The case definition of a confirmed case is a person who tests positive to a validated specific SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test or has the virus identified by electron microscopy or viral culture, at a reference laboratory. The details on source of infection are subject to change as public health investigations and case interviews are ongoing. Case counts reported for a particular day may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review. Recovery is based on self-reported symptoms, and is different from release from isolation criteria in the control guideline. Only those who had onset of symptoms more than 3 weeks ago are included as recovered. Some people in "Alive - less than 3 weeks from symptom onset/recovery data not available" may have already recovered.

More information

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Page Updated: Wednesday 22 April 2020
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