Hunter New England Health is providing support to seven
people, in addition to the 13 confirmed cases announced in the District since
Thursday 5 August.
- A female in her teens from Armidale, who is a family household contact of the two cases in Armidale announced yesterday.
- A young female who attends Morisset High School, who is
the second case linked to the Central Coast case announced on Thursday.
- A male young adult and a male in his 20s, who are
linked to the Blacksmith Beach gathering cluster.
- A female young adult and a male in his 20s, linked to
the University of Newcastle cases.
- Links between the University of Newcastle cases and
the Blacksmith Beach party cluster reported earlier are still being
investigated.
- A male in his 30s from Raymond Terrace. Investigations
into the source of his infection are still ongoing.
This takes the total number of cases in the current outbreak
to 20.
There was also a very low level detection in a possible case
in a male in his 40s working in Boggabri. Further urgent testing being
conducted today.
