NSW records 818 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
Three COVID-19 patients in their 80s, who all had underlying health conditions, died.Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state was expected to reach its target of 6 million jabs "at least a week early".
"Both are a work in progress and we are consulting with the chief psychiatrist as well as the public health team to get the right balance." Of the new cases, 120 were linked to a known case or cluster, while 94 were household contacts and 26 were close contacts.Forty-two cases were infectious in the community and a further 15 were in the community for part of their infectious period. Contact tracers are working to determine the isolation status of another 714 cases.
COVID-19 fragments have also been idenitified in sewage in Bateau Bay on the Central Coast, with residents of those areas encouraged to get tested.
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