Four of today’s six NSW COVID-19 deaths were not vaccinated, while one person had received a single vaccine dose and one – a nursing home resident – was fully vaccinated.
“The person who had received two doses of a COVID-19 was a woman in her 90s who died at Hawkesbury Living Nursing Home. This is the fourth death linked to this outbreak,” NSW Health said in a statement.
Of the deaths – three women and three men – one person was in their 40s, three people were in their 60s, one person was in their 70s and one person was in their 90s.
“Three people were from south-western Sydney, two people were from western Sydney and one person was from the Nepean Blue Mountains area,” NSW Health said.
“A man in his 60s from south-western Sydney, who died at Campbelltown Hospital, acquired his infection at the hospital. This is the third death linked to this outbreak.”
The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic now stands at 65,090.
There have been 378 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 434 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 959 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 193 people in intensive care, 97 of whom require ventilation.
Of the 623 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 144 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 103 are from Western Sydney LHD, 77 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, 59 are from Hunter New England LHD, 52 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 51 are from Sydney LHD, 32 are from Central Coast LHD, 25 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 23 are from Western NSW LHD, 21 are from Southern NSW LHD, 18 are from Northern Sydney LHD, four are from Northern NSW LHD, three are from Mid North Coast LHD, one is from Murrumbidgee LHD, one is from Far West LHD, three are in correctional settings, and six are yet to be assigned to an LHD.Â
