Coronavirus cases in western Sydney aged care facility double overnight

Anglicare’s Newmarch House records 30 cases of Covid-19 after a member of staff worked for six days with mild symptoms

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Thirty people at the Anglicare Newmarch House aged care facility in New South Wales have tested positive for Covid-19, a doubling in the number of cases associated with the facility overnight.

On Friday morning an Anglicare spokesman said 10 staff and 20 residents at the western Sydney facility had the virus, a marked increase from the six staff and nine residents diagnosed on Thursday.

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