UPDATE, 12pm Monday:
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Hunter New England Health has confirmed that a second Port Stephens resident has tested positive for COVID-19.
A Medowie man in his 40s is one of six new positive COVID-19 cases announced by the health authority on Monday morning, taking the Hunter's total number of cases in the current outbreak to 26.
"The source of this infection is still being investigated," HNEH stated.
It is the second positive case for Port Stephens following the news on Sunday that a Raymond Terrace man aged in his 30s had contracted COVID-19.
The source of the Raymond Terrace man's infection is also being investigated.
NSW Health has advised that anyone who added Aldi Raymond Terrace, Coles Medowie and the Metro Petrol Station in Lavis Lane, Williamtown during the below dates and times are to get tested immediately and self-isolate until receiving a negative result:
- Aldi Raymond Terrace Thursday, August 5 between 4:05pm and 4:30pm
- Coles Medowie Wednesday, August 4 between 6:15pm and 6:45pm
- Metro Petrol Station Williamtown Friday, August 6 between 11am and 11:20am
EARLIER, 9am Monday:
A Raymond Terrace man in his 30s has tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, coming as three Port Stephens venues were added to the Hunter's growing list of exposure sites.
NSW Health confirmed the positive Port Stephens case on Sunday, stating that "investigations into the source of his infection are still ongoing".
Hunter New England Health is now supporting 20 confirmed COVID cases in the current outbreak, since the region lockdown was announced on Thursday, August 5.
NSW Health has added Aldi Raymond Terrace, Coles Medowie and the Metro Petrol Station in Lavis Lane, Williamtown to its list of exposure sites.
The advice for anyone who attended the following venues is to get tested immediately and to self-isolate until you get a negative result.
- Aldi Raymond Terrace Thursday, August 5 between 4:05pm and 4:30pm
- Coles Medowie Wednesday, August 4 between 6:15pm and 6:45pm
- Metro Petrol Station Williamtown Friday, August 6 between 11am and 11:20am
NSW Health said on Sunday that Big W Raymond Terrace was not a "venue of concern" following an investigation into information that a delivery driver who tested positive for COVID-19 had visited the store between 10.15am and 10.45am on Wednesday, August 4.
"Following a review of CCTV footage, some individual staff members are considered casual contacts and have been contacted with testing and isolation advice. The venue was not listed as an exposure site as it is not a risk to the wider community," NSW Health said.
Guzman Y Gomez at Heatherbrae shut its doors for cleaning on Saturday after a worker allegedly tested positive for the virus. However, the store is not listed as an exposure site on NSW Health's website.
To meet the demand in testing, Laverty Pathology has extended the hours of the Nelson Bay drive-through clinic and NSW Health will open an additional clinic in Raymond Terrace on Tuesday, August 10.
The Nelson Bay COVID-19 testing clinic, located at Tomaree Sports Complex, will ben open 7.30am-4pm Monday to Friday and 7.30am-3pm on Saturday.
The new Raymond Terrace drive through testing clinic, to be operated by Histopath, will open on August 10 at Lakeside Sports Complex. It will be open seven days from 8am to 6pm. Testing is free and no appointments or referrals are needed.
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