Family members have also requested to visit the home, but again CEO Grant Millard has warned the risk to other residents is too high.
“We would love the relatives of our residents to visit their loved ones at Newmarch House,” he said in a statement.
“We are allowing families of those in palliative care some access under strict controls, however, for others we simply cannot afford the risk, of further spreading COVID-19.”
“This is a really hard decision for us to make but the consequences of a further outbreak are too awful to contemplate,” he added.
Anglicare locked down all of its aged care homes on 23 March – two weeks before the first case appeared at Newmarch House on 11 April.
12 residents have now passed away at the home, with another resident who had tested positive passing away yesterday.
Five residents also passed away over a 24-hour period on Monday and Tuesday – an 89-year-old woman, a 91-year-old woman, a 93-year-old man, a 90-year-old woman and an 89-year-old woman.
The news came as NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed two more staff at the home had contracted COVID-19.
Dr Chant said one of the staff members had been working in the home before they were diagnosed – but had been wearing full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
The other staff member had already been among those in self-isolation.
The new cases bring the total number of infections at the home to 56 – 34 residents and 22 staff.
