Greater Hume has recorded its first cases of COVID-19, with the two cases confirmed yesterday afternoon adding to a new total of 13 in Murrumbidgee.
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No further cases have been announced for Albury.
The tally stands at four in Albury, two in Federation, three in Wagga, two in Greater Hume, and one each in Cootamundra-Gundagai and Griffith LGAs.
The new cases of COVID-19 located in Wagga Wagga and Greater Hume LGAs were confirmed yesterday afternoon.
All cases notified were diagnosed after travelling overseas or being in contact with a confirmed case.
All patients have experienced mild to moderate symptoms and are in self-isolation to ensure they do not transmit the virus.
They are being managed at home with the support of their GP and a daily check up with local health services.
Greater Hume's first cases were tested at the Albury Wodonga Health clinic.
"Albury Wodonga Health can confirm two NSW people, who were tested at the Albury Wodonga Health clinic, have returned a positive result to COVID-19," AWH Director Pandemic Response Sally Squire said in a statement.
"The results take the total number of positive COVID-19 results to six, from those tested at the Albury Wodonga Health clinic.
"The Albury Wodonga Clinic has conducted 1417 screening calls to date. There have been 363 patients who have been tested."
All NSW residents who test positive to COVID-19, even if they were tested by Albury Wodonga Health at the Wodonga clinic, will be recorded in Murrumbidgee's tally.
According to Victorian Department of Health and Human Services figures, there are now three confirmed cases in the Moira Shire, rising from one on Tuesday.
The LGA map of data shows no cases for Wodonga or any other LGAs in our region on the Victorian side at this stage.
When notified of a positive test result for COVID-19 the MLHD Public Health Unit commences a process called contact tracing.
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Contact tracing involves interviewing the person who has tested positive for COVID-19 to determine their movements while they were infectious and identify close contacts.
A close contact is someone who has been face-to-face for at least 15 minutes, or been in the same closed space for at least 2 hours, as someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 when that person was infectious.
Where individuals are identified as close contacts, the Public Health Unit tells these contacts they must isolate themselves for 14 days after they were last in contact with the case.
A daily check-up process is set up for these people to monitor their health. This is done via an SMS process.
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