NSW had over 11,000 NEW reported Covid infections THIS WEEK.
As positive infections are no longer required to be reported and only PCR tests are reported we have no idea of the real number of Covid infections in the community.
What we do know is that there were 266 Emergency Department admissions this week
They are admissions where the person or family are so concerned that they have presented to the hospital emergency department.
Lastly, and most concerning is that there were 35 deaths recorded in the week. These were 35 people who had family, friends, a life.
Other than the weekly NSW Health graphic the community is none the wiser.
XBB.1.16 is a subvariant of Omicron and has already been logged in 34 countries and 94 deaths this week in Australia already
These figures should still be reported more widely. We are suffering from collective amnesia about COVID. If this many people died in traffic accidents each week imagine the news!
Winter is coming - and so to increases in Influenza.
Given that Eurobodalla has one of the highest percentages of folk over 65 in the state these figures should be enough to at least have people stop for a minute and assess their exposure.