Patients are triaged in the emergency ambulance carpark at Prince Alfred Hospital, as the health system approaches breaking point with COVID-19 cases skyrocketing across the state of New South Wales.
Hospital capacity is nearly at ‘Amber’ alert, meaning that less than 15% of capacity remains.
Despite comments at how mild Omicron might be for some, for others, it could still mean hospitalisation, or worse.
Today, a record of more than 63,000 cases were reported in NSW, as the government continues to open up the economy, despite the rapid spread of the virus. 2,525 people were being treated in hospital across the state, including 184 people in intensive care.
Part of an ongoing series, ‘COVID-19 Diaries’.
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