GREATER SYDNEY'S COVID-19 OUTBREAK
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* New locally acquired cases: 136 (up 12 on prior 24-hour period)
* Infectious while in the community (partly or fully): At least 70 (0)
* In hotel quarantine: 5 (+5)
* Total for outbreak (since June 16): 1784
* Total in NSW for entire COVID-19 pandemic: 7300
* In hospital: 137 (+19)
* In intensive care: 32 (+4)
* Ventilated: 14 (0)
* Deaths in current outbreak: 6
* Deaths in NSW for entire pandemic: 62
* Tests conducted (over 24-hour reporting period): 86,620
* National Emergency: The NSW Chief Medical Officer declared the COVID crisis a national emergency and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants a national vaccination strategy to refocus on Sydney
* Cumberland and Blacktown local government areas have been added to the areas where stricter local lockdown orders are in place
Australian Associated Press