Published: August 22, 2021
Guardian Australia examines how many ‘under investigation’ cases are being resolved by comparing daily briefing figures with later NSW Health updates
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Part of the original plan for easing restrictions in New South Wales relied on reducing the number of cases infectious in the community to “as close to zero as possible”.
However, on average about 68% of cases in the past week have been “under investigation”, which means it was unknown how much time they had spent in the community while infectious and how big a risk they posed to others.
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