A seventh resident of Hawkesbury Living Aged Care Facility in Richmond, NSW, has died with COVID-19 overnight.
The state has recorded 360 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 today, with a further five deaths also reported.
“Sadly, NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of five people with COVID-19 – four men and one woman,” NSW Health said in a statement.
One person was in their 40s, one person was in their 50s, and three people were in their 80s.
Three people were from the Nepean Blue Mountains area, one was from western Sydney, and one was from south eastern Sydney.
Three people were not vaccinated and two had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, NSW Health said.
“A man in his 80s who died at Campbelltown Hospital was a resident of the Hawkesbury Living Aged Care Facility in Richmond, where he acquired his infection. He had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions,” the health authority said.
“A woman in her 80s died at the Hawkesbury Living Aged Care Facility in Richmond, where she acquired her infection.”
NSW Health says the woman had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions. There are now seven deaths linked to an outbreak at this aged care facility.
There are currently 766 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 155 people in intensive care, 74 of whom require ventilation.
