"It always hurts to say this, but we need to extend the lockdown at least a further two weeks," Berejiklian said in Sydney on Wednesday. "We want to get out of this lockdown as soon as we can and that is why we have the settings in place that we have." HOSPITALISATIONS GROWThere are now 71 COVID-19 patients in hospital as a result of the Sydney outbreak, with 20 people in intensive care units (ICU), including one person aged in their 20s and two in their 30s. Total infections since the first was initially detected in the city's eastern suburbs in mid-June now stand at just under 900. In New South Wales, health workers have administered just over 2.7 million vaccine doses, authorities said on Wednesday.

Source: bd News24 July 14, 2021 02:15 UTC