COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
| COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | New South Wales, Australia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | 19-01-2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 4,115,928 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Active cases | 1,637 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Hospitalised cases | 733 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Critical cases | 12 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Recovered | 4,106,444 (as of 3 November 2023) |
Deaths | 7,748 (as of 3 November 2023) |
| Fatality rate | 0.19% |
| Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, Australia was part of the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in New South Wales was identified on 19 January 2020 in Sydney where three travellers returning from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive for the virus.
As of 1 April 2022, there had been over 1,863,186 confirmed cases in NSW: 1,149,142 confirmed cases from PCR testing, and nearly 714,044 positive rapid antigen tests (RAT) since mid-January 2022. 17,509,209 vaccines have been administered.