Two new local cases and five new exposure sites
Wednesday August 11, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms an additional two local residents have tested positive to COVID-19. There is no known link between these two cases, who…
COVID-19 update
Gosford hospital emergency foyer named an expose site
Gosford Hospital’s Emergency Department entry doors and foyer area has been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site. Though CCLHD says this alert does not affect the hospital generally, only the…
Gosford Woolworths and Maccas Jilliby named as exposure sites
Tuesday August 10, 2021. Central Coast Local Health District is advising the community of new exposure sites on the Central Coast. Woolworths Gosford The Woolworths store located in the Imperial…
New Central Coast exposure sites released
Monday August 9, 2021. A number of new local Central Coast locations have been identified as COVID-19 exposure sites. Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is…
Three new COVID cases on the Coast
Sunday August 8, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms three local residents have tested positive to COVID-19 and are included in today’s statewide numbers. The first case is linked…
Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast, August 6, 2021: This week’s news is again dominated by the COVID-19 lockdown as cases increase, though council is considering selling it’s water assets. COVID cases increase Vaccination…
9 cases and climbing on Central Coast
Central Coast Local Health District can confirm a total of nine cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the region as of mid day August 5, 2021. Eight cases reside…
Two students test positive at local school
Central Coast, August 5, 2021: Two students at Lake Munmorah Public School in the region’s north have tested positive to COVID-19 and all staff and students have been instructed to…
Toukley sewage surveillance program uncovers COVID again
Central Coast Local Health District is advising that NSW’s ongoing sewage surveillance program has again detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Toukley Sewage Treatment Plant. The…
Central Coast vaccination rates released
For the first time since the pandemic began, the Federal Government released a region-by-region breakdown of vaccination rates as of August 1, 2021. The data for the Central Coast reveals…
Central Coast bumped in vaccine re-prioritisation
Central Coast residents have expressed their frustrations that the region’s Pfizer supply has been redirected to vaccinate Year 12 students in Sydney. Central Coast Newspapers CCN received several calls and…
Coast resident tests positive
[July 31, 2021] A Central Coast resident is among the 212 people across NSW who tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. The case was…
The weekly news 5@5
Hi I’m Maisy and this is CCN’s weekly news 5@5 July 30. 2021. This week’s news is dominated by the COVID-19 lockdown, council and the Olympics. The State Government announced…
Local bus and train routes compromised by COVID case
UPDATE: A confirmed COVID case from Sydney visited the Central Coast during their infectious period last Friday. Central Coast Local Health District is now advising the community of the public…
COVID angst hits the Coast
VIDEO REPORT: The Central Coast is on tenterhooks – after five locals tested positive to COVID-19 over the weekend. 19 locations across the region have been identified as exposure sites….
Local positive test – sparks large contact tracing effort in the north
25 July 2021 – Another Central Coast resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Sparking a large contracting tracing effort. Residents in the north of the Central Coast are asked to…
Four Central Coast residents test positive
BREAKING NEWS: Four Central Coast residents have tested positive. The announcement came as part of the Premier’s press conference today, Saturday July 24, 2021. Four Central Coast residents have been…
COVID forces uni classes online
The University of Newcastle has moved the first two weeks of Semester Two classes online due to the increasing COVID-19 risk in NSW. Across all University of Newcastle campuses, all classes…
Coast builder tests positive
[Sunday July 11, 2021] A Central Coast resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The case was included in today’s NSW numbers and is linked to a known case at a…
Virus fragments in Bateau treatment works
Fragments of the COVID-19 virus have been detected at the Bateau Bay Sewage Treatment Plant according to a media statement released by the Central Coast Local Health District late on…