Australia - 2019-nCov Daily cases exceed 10,000 and hundreds told positive covid results were negative by NSW laboratory

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...v-health-alert
In Australia

As at 09:00 hrs on 6 March 2020, we have 59 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 2 deaths, in Australia.

• 25 in New South Wales*
• 10 in Queensland
• 6 in South Australia
• 1 in Tasmania
• 6 in Victoria
• 1 in Western Australia
• 10 associated with Diamond Princess

* The Northern Territory case from 5 March is now being reported in NSW numbers.

Further details:

• 15 of the initially reported cases in Australia all had a direct or indirect travel history to Wuhan, China
• 10 cases are associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship repatriation flight from Japan
  • 1 of the Diamond Princess repatriated cases sadly died
• 14 cases are reported to have had a direct or indirect travel history to Iran
• 12 cases are reported to have had a travel history to countries including Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan
• 8 cases do not have a reported history of overseas travel
  • 5 of these cases are associated with an aged care facility in NSW. 1 resident of this facility has sadly died.
  • 1 case is a healthcare worker in NSW, with an additional 2 cases associated with this case.

Of the 59 cases reported, 22 of these cases are reported to have recovered.

For questions about testing or the welfare of people with the virus, contact your state or territory health authority.

[Gert van der Hoek]

Australia coronavirus cases rise after fresh cases in Queensland and New South Wales


Fresh cases of coronavirus in Queensland and New South Wales overnight have raised the number of confirmed cases in Australia.


Two fresh cases of coronavirus in Queensland and New South Wales overnight have raised confirmed cases in Australia to 61.

New South Wales now has the highest number of cases with 28 infected.

Victoria has 10 cases and there are one each in Northern Territory and Tasmania.

South Australia has 7 confirmed cases.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...v-health-alert

As at 09:00 hrs on 7 March 2020, we have 63 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 2 deaths, in Australia.

• 28 in New South Wales
• 11 in Queensland
• 6 in South Australia
• 1 in Tasmania
• 6 in Victoria
• 1 in Western Australia
• 10 associated with Diamond Princess

Further details:

• 15 of the initially reported cases in Australia all had a direct or indirect travel history to Wuhan, China
• 10 cases, including 1 death, are associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship repatriation flight from Japan
• 16 cases are reported to have had a direct or indirect travel history to Iran
• 12 cases are reported to have had a travel history to countries including Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan
• 10 cases, including 1 death, do not have a reported history of overseas travel
  • 5 of these cases are associated with an aged care facility in NSW. 1 resident of this facility has sadly died.
  • 3 cases are either directly or indirectly associated with attendance at a workshop.

Of the 63 Australian cases reported, 22 of these cases are reported to have recovered.

For questions about testing or the welfare of people with the virus, contact your state or territory health authority.

[Missouriwatcher]

The Guardian: Melbourne doctor with coronavirus symptoms continued seeing patients...doctor who was diagnosed with coronavirus a week after returning from the US...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/flabbergasted-melbourne-doctor-with-coronavirus-symptoms-continued-seeing-patients

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/co...7-c2b13803f35d

Gympie woman becomes fifteenth confirmed case of coronavirus in Queensland
By 9News Staff
11:38am Mar 8, 2020

A Queensland woman who recently returned to the Gympie region from London via Dubai has been confirmed as the state's fifteenth case of the novel coronavirus.
The 38-year-old woman is in isolation at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/nati...ralian-victim/

Coronavirus claims its third Australian victim
A NSW man in his 80s has died after contracting coronavirus in his Sydney aged care home, taking the nationwide death toll to three.

The 82-year-old was on Wednesday confirmed to have COVID-19 after he picked up the virus from an infected aged care worker in her 50s at BaptistCare’s Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park.

He died overnight in hospital, chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...virus-c-734882

Two Australian Defence Force members test positive for coronavirus
Summer Woolley
7NEWS
Saturday, 7 March 2020 8:06 pm

Two members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) are in isolation after testing positive to the coronavirus.

The two officers had travelled to a meeting at Defence Headquarters, Russell, ACT on 28 February 2020...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...v-health-alert
In Australia

As at 11:30 hrs on 8 March 2020, we have 74 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 3 deaths, in Australia.

• 38 in New South Wales
• 11 in Queensland
• 6 in South Australia
• 1 in Tasmania
• 7 in Victoria
• 1 in Western Australia
• 10 associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship

Further details:

• 15 of the initially reported cases in Australia all had a direct or indirect travel history to Wuhan, China
• 10 cases, including 1 death, are associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship repatriation flight from Japan
• 16 cases are reported to have had a direct or indirect travel history to Iran
• 15 cases are reported to have had a travel history to countries including Singapore, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan
• 18 cases, including 2 deaths, do not have a reported history of overseas travel
  • 13 of these cases are associated with an aged care facility in NSW. 1 resident of this facility has sadly died
  • 2 cases are either directly or indirectly associated with attendance at a workshop
  • 3 cases are close contacts of previously confirmed cases, with further details pending
  • further details are pending regarding the third death

Of the 74 Australian cases reported, 22 of these cases are reported to have recovered.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...-isol/12037114

Man who tested positive to coronavirus worked at Hobart's Grand Chancellor Hotel pending test results
By Lucy Shannon
Updated 6 minutes ago
Health authorities say a man in Hobart who contracted coronavirus did not follow instructions to self-isolate, instead going to work at a major hotel.

Key points:

Tasmania now has two confirmed cases of coronavirus
The new case is a 20-year-old man who travelled from Nepal
Health authorities say the student did not self-isolate as requested and went to his college and workplace

[Shiloh]

Source: https://7news.com.au/news/wa/was-lat...ected-c-735240

WA’s latest coronavirus patient saw WASO at Perth Concert Hall while infected
Digital Staff
7NEWS
Sunday, 8 March 2020 6:15 am

A “regrettable incident” is how authorities have described a patient’s decision, that exposed a crowd at the Perth Concert Hall to the deadly coronavirus...

...She was watching the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s Absolute Beethoven event at the Perth Concert Hall.

Without waiting for the results, the woman from the western suburbs attended the concert...

...Aged in her 70s, she had flown from London to Perth on QF 10 last Thursday...

...There are now 79 confirmed cases in Australia, four of those are in Perth.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-...08-p5482g.html

Man diagnosed with COVID-19 after presenting to Sydney's St Vincent Hospital
March 8, 2020 — 10.04pm

St Vincent’s Hospital is searching for patients who may have been exposed to the coronavirus after a man who presented to the hospital was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The man in his 70s was in the Darlinghurst emergency department on Friday. He has not recently travelled overseas and the source of his infection is not known...

The man is one of two newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in NSW, taking the state total to 40.

The other case is a man in his 40s who recently travelled overseas. No other details about the case were available on Sunday night...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...cases/12038048

Victoria's official coronavirus COVID-19 tally rises to 15 after three new cases confirmed
Updated 7 minutes ago

Victoria's official tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 15, after three more cases were diagnosed, including two people who had recently travelled to the United States and one person who had recently returned from Iran.

Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said one of the latest cases was a man in his 50s, who was on the same flight from the US as Toorak GP Chris Higgins, who was diagnosed with the virus on Friday...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/co...c-c863ecd43e4a

Three more Sydney students diagnosed with coronavirus, at two schools
By Sarah Swain
11:42am Mar 9, 2020

Three more Sydney high school students have been diagnosed with coronavirus.
A boy and a girl, who are both in Year 10 at St Patrick's Marist College in Dundas, in the city's north-west, have tested positive for the illness, it has been confirmed.
A Year Seven student at Willoughby Girls School has also this morning been diagnosed...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...in-wa/12038696

Fifth case of coronavirus COVID-19 in WA may be first human-to-human transmission in the state
By James Carmody

A fifth case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Western Australia, in what is suspected to be the first human-to-human transmission of the virus in the state.

A woman in her 60s has been diagnosed after supposedly contracting the virus from her husband, who returned recently from Iran, health authorities said...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...v-health-alert

As at 11:00 hrs on 9 March 2020, we have 80 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 3 deaths, in Australia.

• 40 in New South Wales
• 12 in Queensland
• 6 in South Australia
• 2 in Tasmania
• 8 in Victoria
• 2 in Western Australia
• 10 associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship

Further details:

• 15 of the initially reported cases in Australia all had a direct or indirect travel history to Wuhan, China
• 10 cases, including 1 death, are associated with the Diamond Princess cruise ship repatriation flight from Japan
• 16 cases are reported to have had a direct or indirect travel history to Iran
• 21 cases are reported to have had a travel history to countries including Singapore, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Cuba, Indonesia, Nepal and Taiwan
• 18 cases, including 2 deaths, do not have a reported history of overseas travel
  • 15 of these cases are associated with an aged care facility in NSW. 2 residents of this facility have sadly died
  • 2 cases are either directly or indirectly associated with attendance at a workshop
  • 1 case is under investigation, with further details pending

Of the 80 Australian cases reported, 22 of these cases are reported to have recovered.

For questions about testing or the welfare of people with the virus, contact your state or territory health authority.