A fully-vaccinated woman aged in her 70s is among the 15 COVID-19 deaths announced today by NSW Health.
The state recorded 863 new locally-acquired cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the NSW case total over the 60,000 mark with 61,231 cases now on record.
“Sadly, NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 15 people with COVID-19 – eight men and seven women,” the health authority said in a statement.
“Two people were in their 40s, two were in their 50s, four people were in their 60s, three people were in their 70s, one in their 80s, and three people were in their 90s.
“One person had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, five people had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and nine people were not vaccinated.”
Five of the deaths were in south western Sydney, three were from western Sydney, one person was from Sydney’s inner west, one person was from south eastern Sydney, one person was from Sydney’s eastern suburbs, one person was from Newcastle, one person was from Lake Macquarie, one person was from Dubbo, and one person was from Bateman’s Bay.
A man in his 40s from western Sydney died at Nepean Hospital. He was not vaccinated and had underlying health conditions, NSW Health said.
“Two people from south western Sydney who died acquired their infections at Liverpool Hospital – a man in his 60s and a woman in her 90s.”
“Two people died at home. A man in his 40s from Lake Macquarie was not vaccinated and was receiving care in the community from Hunter New England Local Health District. He had underlying health conditions.
“A woman in her 70s from Bateman’s Bay who died at home had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine but had only received the second dose shortly before her death.”
NSW Health says the woman had underlying health conditions and was only diagnosed with COVID-19 following her death.
There have been 331 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 387 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 1,082 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 212 people in intensive care, 108 of whom require ventilation.
