There were 864 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 across NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, while 15 deaths were also recorded.
The deaths included eight women and seven men. Three were in their 50s, two were in their 60s, two were in their 70s, six in their 80s, and two were in their 90s.
Five people were from western Sydney, four people were from south western Sydney, three people were from the Nepean Blue Mountains area, two people were from Sydney's inner west, and one person was from south eastern Sydney.
Nine people were not vaccinated, one had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and five people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Two people from the Nepean Blue Mountains area who died acquired their infections in an aged care setting - a woman in her 90s at the Hawkesbury Living Aged Care Facility in Richmond and a woman in her 80s at the Uniting Springwood Aged Care Facility.
Two people who died acquired their infections in a hospital setting - a man in his 80s from south eastern Sydney at the Mater Hospital and a woman in her 80s at Westmead Hospital.
One person died at home - a woman in her 50s from south western Sydney who tested positive to COVID-19 following her death.
There have been 352 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since this outbreak began in June and 408 in total since the start of the pandemic.
Of the 864 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night:
- 188 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
- 167 are from Western Sydney LHD,
- 96 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
- 83 are from South East Sydney LHD,
- 69 are from Hunter New England LHD,
- 48 are from Western NSW LHD,
- 45 are from Sydney LHD,
- 44 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
- 36 are from Central Coast LHD,
- 35 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
- 20 are from Southern NSW LHD,
- seven are from Far West LHD,
- seven are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
- five are from Northern NSW LHD,
- three are from Mid North Coast LHD,
- four are in correctional settings,
- and seven are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
The sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus in sewage samples from Hastings Point and Ballina in the Northern Rivers region, Quirindi in the North West Slopes region, and Armidale and Tamworth in the Hunter region.
There have been 57,357 locally acquired cases reported June 16, 2021.
There are currently 1055 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 210 people in intensive care, 104 of whom require ventilation.
There were 112,334 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 120,993.
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There was also one new case was acquired overseas, and one case was acquired interstate. Seven previously reported cases have been excluded following further investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 63,023.
NSW Health administered 26,530 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm.
Across NSW, 87.2 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 64 per cent are fully vaccinated to 11.59pm on Wednesday September 29, 2021.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 10,101,970 with 3,570,871 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 6,531,099 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11.59pm on September 29.
Kim Chappell
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.
