Tragically @KarenCutter4 is on holiday (which she deserves), so looking at the NSW weekly epi report without…

Tragically @KarenCutter4 is on holiday (which she deserves), so looking at the NSW weekly epi report without her guidance. - lead summary point is that ‘we are likely to have reached the peak in infections’. - this based on stable PCR positivity and ‘declining’ hospital…/1

…admissions and admissions from EDs. - I know Karen has been scathing about the hospital admission data, so will be interesting to see if that still has the issues she’s identified for the past 2 reports. - diagnosed cases up 3.6%. - PCR positivity stable at 20% (ouch). /2

56 NSW Covid deaths reported this week, remembering again that NSW now only uses deaths finalised through Births Deaths and Marriages in its reporting, from memory. Anyway, full report here: https://t.co/TH0iWOORVq /ends