An unvaccinated man in his 40s has died from COVID-19, the fourth demise within the NSW Hunter area in as many days.
Key factors:
- It is understood the person had underlying well being situations
- Three ladies with underlying well being situations additionally died this week
- The well being district recorded 62 new instances on Wednesday
Well being officers mentioned the person, from the Maitland space, died in Maitland Hospital yesterday.
It’s understood the person was affected by different underlying well being situations.
Two vaccinated ladies with severe underlying well being situations, one in her 50s and one in her 70s, died with COVID-19 in Newcastle on Sunday.
One other woman in her 30s with severe underlying well being situations, who was unvaccinated, died on Monday.
In a pre-recorded message, the area’s public well being controller Dr David Durrheim expressed his sympathies to the household and pals of those that had died.
He mentioned information rising from the USA was proving how important it was to be vaccinated towards COVID-19.
Dr Durrheim additionally inspired anybody who was immunosuppressed to get a third booster vaccine shot to lower their vulnerability to the illness.
Sixty-two new instances
The Hunter New England Well being (HNEH) district had 62 new instances of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the entire variety of energetic instances to 1,049.
Fifty-two of the instances have been within the Hunter area, together with 22 in Lake Macquarie, 10 in Newcastle, eight in Cessnock, seven in Maitland, three in Port Stephens and two in Singleton.
Forty instances have been infectious locally and three are nonetheless below investigation.
HNEH mentioned a case reported in yesterday’s numbers from Charlestown was a false constructive and yesterday’s case whole had been revised all the way down to 34.
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