Daily COVID-19 Update 29 October 2021: NSW and Victoria

New South Wales recorded 268 new cases of community transmission, meanwhile Victoria recorded 1655 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.

NSW recorded 268 new cases of community transmission
Regional Victoria recorded 255 new cases overnight
Full-vaccination rates among Indigenous people in regional Victoria almost 20% behind the overall rate

Vaccination data released by the federal government throughout the week

shows that vaccination rates are still lagging among Indigenous populations, with the gap widest in regional areas compared to Greater Sydney and Melbourne.

In NSW and Victoria as a whole, the rate of full-vaccination among Indigenous people is around 12% behind the overall rate in both states.

However, this stretches to around 16% in NSW regionally outside of Greater Sydney, and almost 20% behind in regional Victoria.

NSW

New South Wales recorded 268 new cases of community transmission to 8pm last night, and two deaths.

The Hunter New England Local Health District recorded 54 new cases — 15 in Newcastle, 10 in MidCoast, 7 in Lake Macquarie, 6 in Cessnock, 6 in Tamworth, 4 in Port Stephens, 3 in Maitland, 2 in Singleton and 1 in Armidale.

The Western NSW Local Health District recorded just one new case, in Bathurst.

The Far West Local Health District recorded 3 new cases — 2 in Dareton and 1 in Broken Hill.

Victoria

In Victoria there were 1655 new locally acquired cases recorded to midnight last night, and 10 deaths. There are now 23,730 total active cases across the state.

Regional Victoria recorded 255 new cases overnight, including 49 in Wodonga, 46 in Latrobe, 35 in Geelong, 24 in Shepparton and 4 in Mildura.

There are now 279 active cases in Greater Shepparton, and 284 in Wodonga.

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

Ararat 1
Ballarat 5
Bass Coast 3
Baw Baw 12
Benalla 1
Bendigo 13
Campaspe 1
Geelong 35
Golden Plains 3
Hepburn 1
Latrobe 46
Macedon Ranges 14
Mildura 4
Mitchell Shire 8
Moira 2
Moorabool 10
Mount Alexander 1
Murrindindi 1
Pyrenees 2
Shepparton 24
South Gippsland 3
Surf Coast 1
Swan Hill 3
Wangaratta 10
Wellington 2
Wodonga 49

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