COVID-19 update: From north to south residents in regional NSW urged to get tested, Victoria sets new record with daily case numbers

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 25 September 2021.

People are seen arriving at the South Western Sydney Vaccination Centre, at Macquarie Fields, Sydney, Friday, September 24, 2021. Source: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Across regional NSW, fragments of the virus detected in areas with no known cases
Victoria now has 7611 active cases
ACT records 32 new locally acquired cases

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,007 new locally acquired cases, with 522 from South Western and Western Sydney. Eleven people have died, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in this current outbreak to 288 and 344 in total since the pandemic.

Fragments of the virus have been detected in sewage samples from Tamworth in northeast NSW, Dareton and Balranald in Far Western NSW, Oberon in the Central West, Dungog in the Hunter, and Eden on the South Coast.

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Victoria

Victoria has recorded 847 new locally acquired cases, with 79 per cent aged under 50. One person has died.

Melburnians will have to wait a little longer for restrictions to ease, with Victoria set to miss its first COVID-19 roadmap target this weekend. The state is 3.7 per cent shy of reaching 80 per cent first dose vaccination coverage for those aged over 16.

Authorities urge everyone to stay at home during tonight’s AFL grand final.

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Last 24 hours around Australia

Queensland records one new community case in home quarantine linked to the Sunnybank cluster as the number of close contacts in quarantine surpasses 2,000.

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

Quarantine and testing requirements are managed and enforced by state and territory governments:

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