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A spokesman for the Southern Highlands Division of General Practice said that while the number of cases in the region had increased by one there were signs the curve is flattening.
Dr Vince Roche said that the community would need to keep up social distancing and hand washing for some months yet.
"This will be needed until we have flushed out the asymptomatic cases with increased testing," he said.
"If we relax too soon, our infection rate will likely soar again.
"A sobering thought on a day when 681 died in Italy, 708 in the UK, 809 in Spain and 1344 in the USA.
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"So, stay at home if you are a non-essential worker and wash you hands with soap and water."
The latest details for the Highlands as of April 5 are:
- Number of positive cases: 19 - up by 1 from yesterday, not increasing exponentially!
- Proportion or number of positives due to overseas travel/cruise ships/known contacts: 18
- Number of local cases who have required admission to hospital: - 1 (but not admitted to Bowral Hospital)
- Number of resolved cases: - not known (still too early to know)
- Number of community acquired cases in the Highlands: - 1
- Number of health care workers in Southern Highlands with CV19: - 0
- Number of at risk communities in Southern Highlands (eg nursing homes, boarding schools) of concern as CV19 Hotspot: - 0 (There is an aged care facility in South West Sydney (Opal Aged Care, Bankstown) with four cases, Dorothy Henderson Lodge at Ryde with 22 cases, and four other aged care facilities within the state with a single case - but none in Wingecarribee)
- Number of local cases by postcode: 2575 six; 2576 seven; 2577 five; 2578 one; 2579 none.
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