Victoria has provided a grim clue as to what’s in store for NSW, where cases are set to surge within days following a major rule change.
On Monday, NSW faced the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with the virus claiming the lives of 18 residents, including a young child, with a total of 20,293 new cases confirmed.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet fronted the press on Monday, as the state faced its deadliest day of the pandemic so far. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Flavio Brancaleone However, the move towards compulsory reporting of positive RATs all but guarantees NSW’s case numbers will explode within days, based on Victoria’s concerning example.
“The reported figure has certainly significantly spiked based on that week’s worth of unreported figures that we now have captured in the system. Of those new cases, 26,428 were recorded via a rapid antigen test while 24,928 were recorded via a PCR test.
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