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Saturday, March 30, 2024

NSW: 32k new cases, 32 deaths

NSW Health is reporting the deaths of 32 people with COVID-19 – 12 women and 20 men – in today’s pandemic figures.

Three people were aged in their 40s, three people were aged in their 60s, eight people were in their 70s, 11 people were in their 80s and seven people were in their 90s.

“Of the 32 people who died; 23 people had received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, one person had received one dose and eight were not vaccinated. Older age is a significant risk factor for serious illness and death for COVID-19, particularly when combined with significant underlying health conditions,” the health authority said.

Of the five people who died aged under 65, three people were vaccinated against COVID-19 and two were not vaccinated.

“Eleven people were from south western Sydney, nine were from Sydney’s south east, four were from northern Sydney, two were from western Sydney, two were from the Illawarra Shoalhaven region, one was from the inner west, one was from the Northern Beaches, one was from the central coast and one was from the New England region.”

“NSW Health expresses its sincere condolences to their loved ones. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 953.”

There are currently 2,863 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 217 people in intensive care, 66 of whom require ventilation.

There were 32,297 positive test results (cases) notified to 8pm last night – including 12,450 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 19,847 positive PCR tests.

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