Morning mail: overwhelmed NSW hospitals, Bolsonaro rallies, correcting photographic history

Tuesday: NSW prepares for 2,000 Covid cases a day and a surge in patients who will require intensive care. Plus: Indigenous photographers update historical photographs of First Nations people

Good morning. New South Wales hospitals could be overwhelmed with Covid patients within weeks, while hardline border closures continue to cause headaches for those trying to travel between states for medical treatment.

New Covid modelling suggests NSW could be faced with 2,000 cases a day and a surge in hospitalisations. Sydney's intensive care units are expected to become overwhelmed by November, with the government drawing up plans to place overflow ICU beds in operating theatres and abandon existing nurse to patient ratios by that time. So how will the hospitals cope? Guardian Australia has examined the Burnet Institute projections for how the state's healthcare system would respond to pressure in coming weeks and to answer some pressing questions. Faced with soaring Covid case numbers, NSW Health has urged single people to stay in, watch Netflix and chill ... alone. Authorities tweeted a graphic featuring the peach emoji to remind those on dating apps that leaving the house for a one-night stand was not counted under compassionate grounds".