NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said close to 2400 people were subject to evacuation orders on Friday morning, with more than 17,000 in the warning areas.

"Despite the substantial flooding that we've seen across our state, what is incredibly pleasing has been that we've only lost a very few amount of lives, and that has occurred because of the efforts that everyone has made across our state in following the instructions of the SES.”

The flooding problems add to the new concern relating to the emergence of cases of 'Deltacron' - a hybrid of Delta and Omicron variants - and mixed Omicron infection.

The rate of people diagnosed with COVID-19 per 100,000 population increased across rural and regional Local Health Districts (LHDs) this week but trended slightly downwards in metropolitan LHDs. The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) is currently dominant, making up around 97% of SARS-CoV-2 detected in NSW. The BA.1 sub-lineage was also circulating in NSW but at lower levels.  Data from NSW Health's weekly COVID-19 report showed three specimens had Delta/Omicron BA.1 mixed infection, and four had Omicron BA.1/BA.2 mixed infections last month.

A Labor-chaired Senate inquiry examining the COVID-19 response has made 19 recommendations, including establishing a royal commission into how Australia handled the pandemic.

Other recommendations include setting up Australia's own Centre for Disease Control, greater transparency for health bodies like the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and new laws to crack down on medical misinformation.

Today’s figures reported by NSW showed slight reduction from yesterday but remains within  the 20k+ mark


For more information and updates check the Health Department website.

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