Mid North Coast residents are urged to stay COVID-safe after 238 new cases were reported.

238 new COVID-19 cases reported for Mid North Coast

Feb 17, 2022

There were 238 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Mid North Coast Local Health District to 4pm yesterday (16 February 2022) – including 207 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 31 positive PCR tests*.

Of today’s cases, 82 are from Coffs Harbour LGA, 77 are from Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA, 32 are from Nambucca Valley LGA, 30 are from Kempsey LGA, and 17 are from Bellingen LGA.

There are 52 COVID-19 cases in Mid North Coast hospitals, with five people in intensive care.

There have been 20,716 cases reported in the district since June 2021.

At our Mid North Coast Health clinics, there were 91 tests conducted yesterday.

For COVID-19 updates, including testing and vaccination clinic details and information about self-isolation, visit the NSW Government website.

If you have tested positive to COVID-19 you can find more information about managing it safely at home, if you are in a low risk category, on the NSW Health website.

* Please note there may be some cases included in these numbers where people have reported positive RATs on multiple days and/or where people have also had a positive PCR test during the same reporting period.