Active coronavirus cases reported drop below 600
The Peninsula had 571 active coronavirus cases identified by PCR testing on February 5, according to figures on the NSW Government Covid website.
This is a drop from 641 cases just two days earlier.
There were 372 active cases in the 2257 postcode area, and 199 cases reported in the 2256 postcode area - the first time the figures have dropped below 200 in a month.
However, the website warns: "Cases in the statistics above refer to cases identified via PCR tests only.
"Information on positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) will be updated shortly."
If figures in other states are a guide, there could be as many or more cases identified through rapid tests as through PCR tests, and the drop in PCR numbers may simply reflect the transition to rapid testing.
For example, positive tests recorded at the Blue Wave Living aged care home in Woy Woy over the past couple of weeks were detected by rapid antigen tests, and would not be included in these figures.
Central Coast hospitalisation numbers, which were briefly published in January, no longer appear to be available.
SOURCE:
Website, 6 Feb 2022
Covid data and statistics, NSW Government