New South Wales records 1,007
new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
By Paige Cockburn
Posted 3h ago
3 hours ago
, updated 7m ago
New South Wales has recorded 1,007 new COVID-19 cases and more people have died at home without knowing they had the virus.
Key points:
NSW Health's Jeremy McAnulty has urged people not to delay seeking medical care if they are sick at home
There has been a "concerning" increase in cases around Lithgow in the Central Tablelands
Opposition health spokesman and local MP Ryan Park says the Illawarra region urgently needs more vaccine doses
Of the 11 people who died from the virus yesterday none were fully vaccinated.
Two people had received one dose and NSW Health says at least eight had underlying medical conditions.
One of the fatalities was a man in his 70s from the Blue Mountains who lived at the Uniting Springwood Residential Aged Care Facility. He had not been vaccinated.
The youngest person to die was a man in his 40s from south-west Sydney who passed away at home.
