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COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 8, ending 27 February 2021
[3 March 2021]

Summary for the week ending 27 February 2021

• There were no locally acquired cases reported in the week ending 27 February.
• Testing rates decreased compared to the previous week (down 17%). Testing rates decreased across all LHDs and in all age groups.
• The NSW Sewage Surveillance Program reported five detections – taken from the Bondi and Malabar treatment plants, and the sewage network at Auburn (within the North Head catchment), Paddington (within the Bondi catchment) and Botany (within the Malabar catchment). All detections were associated with known locally acquired cases and/or returned travellers.
• There were five COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VoC) cases detected in the week ending 27 February. There have been 44 returned travellers with a VoC since 30 November 2020.

Previous weekly reports

• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 7, ending 20 February 2021 [24 February 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 6, ending 13 February 2021 [18 February 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 5, ending 6 February 2021 [10 February 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 4, ending 30 January 2021 [4 February 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 3, ending 23 January 2021 [28 January 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 2, ending 16 January 2021 [21 January 2021]
• COVID-19 Weekly Surveillance in NSW - Epidemiological week 1, ending 9 January 2021 [14 January 2021]

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• In Focus - COVID-19 in healthcare workers - 1 February to 28 July 2020 [17 January 2021]
• In Focus - COVID-19 in Young Adults (18 - 29 years) - 1 January to 27 June 2020 [1 July 2020]
• In Focus - COVID-19 in Pregnant Women - 1 January to 21 June 2020 [23 June 2020]
• In Focus - COVID-19 in Aboriginal People - 1 January to 30 May 2020 [11 June 2020]
• In Focus - COVID-19 in Children - 1 January to 23 May 2020 [3 June 2020]

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