Source: ABCnews
NSW recorded 1,164 locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
Three people died of COVID, bringing the number of fatalities connected with the current outbreak to 96.
A woman in her 50s and a man in his 90s both died at Campbelltown Hospital while a man in his 80s died at St Vincent’s Hospital.
There are currently 871 COVID-19 patients in NSW hospitals, with 143 people in intensive care, 58 of whom require ventilation.
Chief health officer Kerry Chant said there was a cluster of COVID-19 cases at the Parklea Correctional Centre in the north-west of Sydney.
Overnight 43 inmates tested positive, bringing the outbreak to a total of 75 cases (which includes inmates and staff).
There has also been one new case linked to the Bathurst Correctional Centre, bringing the total number of infections to seven.
There were also 54 new cases western NSW across several towns.
There were four cases in Wilcannia, which has been the centre of an outbreak in the state’s far west.
Michelle Dowd, nurse manager at the intensive care unit in Liverpool Hospital, pleaded with anyone who had been putting vaccination off to book an appointment today.
“These patients [in intensive care] are some of the sickest we’ve ever seen. They require so much support and monitoring and physical care,” she said.
