ANOTHER three people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on the Central Coast, bringing to five the total number of confirmed cases in the region.
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Central Coast Local Health District said it was providing care and support to the additional three people.
They are:
- a woman in her 30s who had attended a wedding at Tumbling Waters Retreat, Stanwell Tops, on March 6; and
- a man and woman in their 70s who recently returned from overseas and were travelling companions of the second person on the Central Coast to be diagnosed with COVID-19, a woman in her 40s who has also recently returned from overseas.
As with the initial two women to be diagnosed with COVID-19 on the Central Coast, the location of the three latest cases has not been revealed.
"Health staff continue daily wellness checks with all confirmed cases in the district who remain in isolation and are doing well," a spokesperson for CCLHD said.
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"Close contacts of the three new cases have been contacted and asked to self-isolate. They are being contacted every day to check that they are well and any close contact who develops COVID-19 symptoms will be tested for the infection.
"All travellers returning or arriving from overseas must self-isolate for 14 days. This applies to everyone, even if you have no symptoms. Please follow the home isolation guidance."
Meanwhile, there has been 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Hunter New England Health District.
The latest cases involve:
- a man in his 30s who recently returned from the US;
- a woman in her 70s who recently returned from Europe via Qatar; and
- a man and woman in their 30s who attended a wedding on the South Coast where a confirmed case was present.
NSW Health is continuing to trace and respond to cases as they are diagnosed to slow any spread of COVID-19 in the community.
To help protect the community people are asked to:
- clean your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand rub;
- cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with tissue or a flexed elbow;
- avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms; and
- stay home if you are sick.
For advice and information about COVID-19 visit health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/coronavirus.aspx
