https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-15/ ... /100462546
NSW records 1,259 new COVID-19 cases 12 deaths
NSW records 1,259 new COVID-19 cases as state hits 80 per cent single dose vaccination target
By Paige Cockburn
Posted 2h ago
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NSW has become Australia’s first state to vaccinate 80 per cent of people aged over 16 with at least one COVID-19 jab, prompting a surprise easing of restrictions in some parts of Sydney.
Key points:
The curfew for the 12 Sydney local government areas of concern will end tonight
47.5 per cent of the over-16 population have now received both doses of a vaccine
The youngest of the 12 deaths was a woman in her 30s who had underlying health conditions
The milestone came as 1,259 new infections were confirmed in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday, and the state’s pandemic death toll reached 252 after 12 fatalities were announced.
The number of deaths was NSW’s equal highest daily total.
After announcing the state had reached the 80 per cent immunisation target, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the evening curfew that had been imposed on several areas in Sydney’s west and south-west would be scrapped immediately.
The curfew has been in place since August 23 and was brought in to stop people leaving their homes for non-essential reasons between 9:00pm and 5:00am.
It applied to Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and some suburbs of Penrith.
Ms Berejiklian said there was "light at the end of the tunnel" but "we still have work to do".