As visiting restrictions at our local hospitals ease, there is also one new reported case of Covid-19 in Lismore Local Government Area. 

The new case adds to the five new cases in Lismore LGA which were reported yesterday by the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD).

NNSWLHD acting chief executive Lynne Weir said the new case is linked to a known case and is under investigation. 

This brings the total number of cases in the district since June16 to 122. 

Ms Weir said anyone with even the slightest symptoms should get tested as soon as they feel unwell at a COVID-19 testing clinic  - or contact your GP. 

Changes to hospital visitor restrictions  

Visiting restrictions at hospitals across Northern NSW Local Health District are again being eased in a staged approach. 

A patient may now have two fully-vaccinated visitors once a day for one hour, between the hours of 1pm and 6pm.  

Visitors must be at least 12 years of age, and must comply with entry screening requirements and wear a mask while on site.  

People must not visit if they have any COVID-19 symptoms, are a close contact of a confirmed case (or are within their isolation period), live in a household with a person who is currently isolating, if they are waiting for a COVID-19 test result or have visited any case locations. 

Exemptions will continue to be managed at the site level on a case by case basis for compassionate or extenuating circumstances, for example in the case of palliative care.  

There are no changes to existing support arrangements for women accessing birthing services.  

For more information, please visit the website. 

State-wide statistics

NSW recorded 304 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night – and three deaths were reported. 

One person was in their 30s, one person was in their 70s, and one person was in their 80s. Two were not vaccinated, and one person had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine shortly before testing positive.