Daily COVID-19 Update 12 November 2021: NSW and Victoria

New South Wales recorded 286 new cases of community transmission, meanwhile Victoria recorded 1115 new locally acquired cases. Source: Getty

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

Elective surgery will begin to return to full capacity in Greater Sydney starting Monday November 15
Regional Victoria recorded 128 new daily cases

NSW

New South Wales recorded 286 new cases of community transmission to 8pm last night, and 2 deaths. The double-dose vaccination rate is currently at 90.6% among those aged over 16.

The Hunter New England Local Health District recorded 57 new cases — 16 in MidCoast, 13 in Moree Plains, 12 in Inverell, 6 in Port Stephens, 3 in Tamworth, 3 in Lake Macquarie, 2 in Newcastle, 1 in Dungog and 1 in Maitland.

The Western NSW Local Health District recorded 2 new cases — 1 in Cowra and 1 in Parkes.

The Far West Local Health District recorded 2 new cases, both of which were in Broken Hill.

NSW Health has announced that starting from next Monday November 15, elective surgery will start to return to full capacity in both public and private hospitals in Greater Sydney.

There had been a 75% limit in order to ensure facilities were available in response to the Delta outbreak, however due to a stabilisation in community transmission, it’s been deemed safe to remove.

Victoria

Onto Victoria where there were 1115 new locally acquired cases recorded to midnight last night, and 9 deaths. There are now 16,098 total active cases across the state. The double-dose vaccination rate is currently at 85% for those aged over 12.

Regional Victoria recorded 128 new cases, including 20 in Geelong, 17 in Latrobe, 17 in Shepparton and 15 in Bendigo.

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

Ballarat 2
Bass Coast 4
Baw Baw 6
Bendigo 15
Buloke 2
Campaspe 2
Colac-Otway 2
Corangamite 1
East Gippsland 2
Geelong 20
Golden Plains 1
Indigo 1
Latrobe 17
Macedone Ranges 6
Mildura 1
Mitchell Shire 8
Moira 2
Moorabool 6
Shepparton 17
Strathbogie 1
Surf Coast 2
Swan Hill 1
Wangaratta 1
Warrnambool 1
Wellington 1
Wodonga 6

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