NSW recorded 1,116 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday and four deaths.
Four people died of COVID-19 in the reporting period.The four patients who died were women in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.There are now 917 COVID cases being cared for in NSW hospitals with 150 people in intensive care, 66 of whom require ventilation.In western NSW, there were 29 new COVID-19 cases, predominately in Dubbo.Deputy Premier John Barilaro said vaccine uptake had been ramping up in many regional areas with 67 per cent of people in Wilcannia having had one jab.
"We know there is always a lag between when someone gets ill and when they end up in hospital and we anticipate, given where case numbers are, and given the rate of vaccination, that the highest rate of hospitalisation will occur at some stage in October."
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