https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-04/nsw-records-1-533-new-covid-19-cases-four...NSW records 1,533 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
as total infections in Wilcannia near 100
By Sue Daniel
Posted 1h ago
1 hours ago
, updated 11m ago

NSW broke its own COVID-19 records for a second consecutive day after 1,533 new infections, and four deaths, were identified in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
Key points:
Yesterday was the second busiest day on record for NSW Ambulance
Health authorities continue to be concerned by case numbers in regional areas
Lifeline's John Brogden said the organisation was receiving more than 1,000 calls per day from people in NSW
While most of them were in Sydney's west and south-west, there is increasing concern about the deteriorating situation in the state's regional areas, where the virus is continuing to spread.
In the tiny town of Wilcannia, which has a high Indigenous population and is about 950km west of Sydney, almost 100 people have tested positive over the course of NSW's Delta outbreak.
Nine new infections yesterday brought the total number of cases in Wilcannia to 97 — that means roughly 13 per cent of people in the town have the virus.