NSW records 1,290 new COVID cases,
another four deaths
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NSW recorded 1,290 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
It’s a new daily record for the state, and the largest number ever recorded by an Australian jurisdiction in a 24-hour period.
Four COVID-19 patients died in the reporting period, including the state's first regional death.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian again stressed that vaccination was vital.
"Vaccination is the key in terms of our freedom and reducing the spread of the virus."
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The Premier said it was an "outstanding result" that 6.8 million jabs had now been administered in NSW with nearly two thirds of the adult population having one dose and 36 per cent with two doses.
Ms Berejiklian said the state was doing well in terms of planning for a roadmap out of lockdown once 70 per cent of people were vaccinated sometime in October, with those freedoms extended to people who were fully vaccinated.
Of the four deaths, a man his 50s who had significant underlying health conditions died at Dubbo Hospital while a man in his 70s who died at Westmead Hospital also had underlying health conditions.
Another man aged in his 70s who died of the virus contracted COVID-19 at Meredith House healthcare facility. A woman in her 60s from Western Sydney who was infected at Cumberland Hospital also died.
Chief health officer Kerry Chant pointed out Guildford, Merrylands, Auburn, Greenacre, Yagoona, Punchbowl, Blacktown and surrounding suburbs as the locations seeing the highest growth in cases.
"We are seeing such a high case rate. I cannot urge you enough to come forward for testing but importantly, be very careful in the way you move about in your community."
