Senate debates

Monday, 9 August 2021

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Aged Care

2:49 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

I have the total number of infections among aged-care workers through the pandemic, but I don't have the number at the end of December last year. So I can't give you the difference. But across the pandemic there have been 2,278 staff who have been infected with COVID-19. As of today in New South Wales, there are 33 workers who have contracted the virus. Tragically, there have been two deaths in aged care, one a home-care recipient who, from the advice I have, contracted the virus from a family member, and one—

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