There are still no active COVID-19 cases in Armidale following a second false-positive test result scare over the weekend.
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The case in Armidale announced yesterday was ruled out overnight, following extensive re-testing.
On Sunday following the NSW premier's 11am briefing it was announced there was a COVID-19 case that was suspected to be another false-positive.
Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall advised the community the individual had received their test result on Saturday and it returned a very low positive.
A secondary test was then taken by NSW Health at a private pathology lab and results this morning confirm the initial result was a false positive.
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The individual had been in isolation since taking their initial test and had very few close contacts. There had been no potential exposure sites or venues of concern.
This morning's announcement comes after it was confirmed on Saturday that an Armidale resident, who was in Mudgee when they tested positive to coronavirus on Friday, had since returned two negative tests.
NSW recorded 1281 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and five deaths on Monday.
The new cases include:
- 483 in South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD)
- 348 in Western Sydney LHD, 137 are from Sydney LHD
- 118 in South Eastern Sydney LHD
- 67 in Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
- 44 in Western NSW LHD
- 22 in Northern Sydney LHD
- 21 in Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
- eight in Central Coast LHD
- seven in correctional settings
- seven in Far West LHD
- five are in New England LHD
- five in Southern NSW LHD
- nine cases yet to be assigned to an LHD.
In the Hunter New England Health district, three cases are in Lake Macquarie LGA, one is in Port Stephens LGA, and one is in Maitland LGA.
A man in his 90s from south-east Sydney died at St George Hospital. He was a resident of St George Aged Care Facility in Bexley and acquired his infection there.
A woman in her 80s from northern Sydney died at Ryde Hospital.
A woman in her 50s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital.
A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital.
A man in his 60s from Southern Highlands died at home.
NSW hospitals are treating 1071 COVID-19 patients in hospital, including 177 in intensive care and 67 on ventilators.
There have been 131 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021, and 187 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There have been 29,253 locally acquired cases reported since June 16, 2021.
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Michael Parris
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.
