COVID-19 update – Wednesday 2 March 2022
In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday:
- 95.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 94.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 54.5% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine*
- 83.6% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 79% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 47.6% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 1,072 hospitalisations
- 45 people in ICU
- 5 lives lost
- 10,650 positive tests: 6,944 RAT & 3,706 PCR
*Includes both immunocompromised people who have received a third dose and all people aged 16+ who have received a booster.
There were 280 positive test results (cases) notified in Southern NSW in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday – including 198 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 82 positive PCR tests.
Local government area (LGA) breakdown of the 280 new cases:
Bega Valley - 39
Eurobodalla - 56
Goulburn Mulwaree - 32
Queanbeyan Palerang - 98
Snowy Monaro - 30
Upper Lachlan - 6
Yass Valley - 19
