COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
The COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, Australia was part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in New South Wales was identified on 19 January 2020 in Sydney where three travellers returning from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive for the virus.
| COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | New South Wales, Australia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | 19-01-2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 4,115,928 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Active cases | 1,637 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Hospitalised cases | 733 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Critical cases | 12 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Recovered | 4,106,444 (as of 3 November 2023) |
Deaths | 7,748 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Fatality rate | 0.19% |
| Government website | |
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As of 1 April 2022, there had been over 1,863,186 confirmed cases in NSW: 1,149,142 confirmed cases from PCR testing, and nearly 714,044 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT) since mid-January 2022. 17,509,209 vaccines have been administered.
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