Daily COVID-19 Update 1 November 2021: NSW and Victoria

New South Wales recorded 135 new cases of community transmission, meanwhile Victoria recorded 1471 new locally acquired cases Source: Getty Images

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The latest news on the current Delta strain outbreak affecting regional NSW and Victoria's Indigenous communities.

Pfizer third-dose booster shots made available in NSW state-run clinics starting today
Regional Victoria recorded 288 new cases

NSW

New South Wales recorded 135 new cases of community transmission to 8pm last night, and four deaths, including a 101-year-old woman from Albury. There are now 3506 total active cases in NSW.

NSW Health state-run clinics will be offering a third dose booster shot of Pfizer starting from today, Monday November 1st.

To be eligible, you must be over 18 years old and have received your second-dose vaccination at least 6 months prior to the booster shot. It’s a Pfizer vaccine, regardless of which brand you received for your first and second dose. So if you’ve had your second-dose, start thinking about when you’ll be eligible for booster, six months after.

The Hunter New England Local Health District recorded 30 new cases — 9 in Newcastle, 8 in Lake Macquarie, 4 in Cessnock, 4 in MidCoast, 2 in Maitland, 1 in Dungog, 1 in Port Stephens and 1 in Tamworth.

The Western NSW Local Health District recorded 2 new cases, both in Bathurst.

The Far West Local Health District recorded just one new case, in Broken Hill.

The Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service will be closed all day tomorrow, Tuesday November 2nd, for staff training. The service will reopen as normal on Wednesday November 3rd at 8am.

Victoria

In Victoria there were 1471 new locally acquired cases recorded to midnight last night, and four deaths. This brings the total number of active cases in Victoria to 21,959.

Regional Victoria recorded 288 cases, including 53 in Latrobe, 50 in Wodonga, 42 in Shepparton, 35 in Geelong, 18 in Baw Baw and 6 in Mildura.

There are currently 343 active cases across Greater Shepparton, and 167 in Mildura.

Here's the full breakdown of today's case numbers across regional Victoria's LGAs -

Ballarat 1
Bass Coast 1
Baw Baw 18
Benalla 1
Bendigo 11
Campaspe 5
Central Goldfields 2
East Gippsland 13
Geelong 35
Glenelg 1
Golden Plains 1
Hepburn 1
Indigo 1
Latrobe 53
Macedon Ranges 10
Mildura 6
Mitchell Shire 1
Moira 3
Moorabool 6
Mount Alexander 1
Shepparton 42
Surf Coast 4
Swan Hill 1
Wangaratta 12
Warrnambool 1
Wellington 7
Wodonga 50

A reminder for everyone in Victoria that tomorrow Tuesday November 2nd is the Melbourne Cup public holiday, and services such as the Mallee District Aboriginal Services in Mildura, Rumbalara Co-op and Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton will all be closed.

If you were thinking of going to get tested or vaccinated tomorrow, check in advance, but it will likely be closed.

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

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If you want to travel overseas, you may be able to apply online for an exemption.

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