Chinanews, August 26, according to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 26th local time, Australia reported that the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns exceeded 1,000 for the first time.
Among them, the state of New South Wales, where Sydney is located, announced that in the past 24 hours, there were 1,029 new cases of local infection, a record high.
Data map: Canberra, the capital of Australia, the bar staff are taking the outdoor facilities back into the store.
According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, Sydney is Australia’s largest city and the center of the current outbreak.
The local area is facing difficulties in curbing the spread of the delta strain, and even after two months of lockdown, the epidemic continues to spread.
Sydney Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals urgently set up outdoor tents to cope with the increasing number of patients.
The governor of New South Wales, Berejiklian, said the authorities had quadrupled the number of intensive care ventilators in the state in early 2020 to 2,000 units.
She said that although the medical system is "under pressure," once the vaccination rate rises, it will be able to withstand the current crisis.
In addition to Sydney, Australia's second largest city Melbourne and the capital Canberra are also under strict lockdown.
According to Reuters, more than half of the country's 25 million people are under strict stay-at-home orders.
The Governor of New South Wales, Berreji Klian, announced on the 20th that in order to curb the spread of the mutated new crown virus delta strain, the "lockdown" measures in the Greater Sydney area will be extended to the end of September; Victoria Governor Daniel Andrews announced on the 21st that Melbourne The "closure of the city" measures will be extended to other areas of the state.