Hunter New England Health has just released a statement reporting 17 more cases of COVID-19 in the region.
“As at 8pm, Sunday, 22 March 2020, an additional 17 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed since our update yesterday.
“This brings the total number of Hunter New England confirmed cases to 47.
“In an effort to prepare our services for COVID-19, from today HNE Health is postponing non-urgent elective surgeries to allow for staff training and provide more capacity to respond to the pandemic.”
NSW Heath said there are an additional 136 cases of COVID-19 in the state, since 8pm 21 March, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in NSW to 669.
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