Four new cases have emerged in Orange, taking the city's active case total to 19, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirming HSC exams will be pushed back until November 9.
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The Premier said the marking period and adjusting of scores in NSW would go to mid-January, with face-to-face learning starting in October with kindergarten and year one students.
Any part of the state that exits lockdown before October 25 would also return to the classroom.
"We're also asking for everyone who works on a school campus ... to be vaccinated by November 8," Ms Berejiklian said.
NSW deputy premier John Barilaro announced the new figures for regional NSW on Friday, with the Western NSW Local Health District clocking 40 in total to 8pm on Thursday.
GRAPH: Daily case numbers for across the Western NSW LHD
The remaining cases are largely in Dubbo, with 25 in that LGA, while there was a further five in Bourke, four in Narromine and two in Brewarrina.
Across NSW, 882 cases of community tranmission was recorded.
We need to get vaccinated. The road map to freedom is attached to vaccination.
- NSW deputy premier John Barilaro
Meanwhile, NSW Health's ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus t at Nyngan, Gulargambone, Walgett, Mudgee and Bathurst.
Mr Barilaro said the key to emerging from lockdown was now vaccination, where Orange leads the region in terms of first dose and fully vaccinated data.
Around 62 per cent of the Orange population has had its first dose, while 35 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Those numbers dip in Blayney and Cabonne. In Blayney, 56 per cent of the population has had its first dose, while 28.2 per cent is fully vaccinated. Those numbers are at 40.2 and 18.5 for Cabonne.
"We need to get vaccinated. The road map to freedom is attached to vaccination," Mr Barilaro said.
It was also announced all children aged 12 to 15 are eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with bookings opening on 13 September.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed news, with expanding the eligibly to all 12- to 15-year-olds coming at an opportune time, with the Delta COVID-19 variant striking many young people in Victoria and NSW - including those aged 16 and under.
Across NSW , there were two deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and 110,000 people came forward for testing in the same window.
More than two dozen of those fresh cases are yet to be assigned a health district, but Ms Berejiklian said cases in the regions had "stabilised".
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 80 per cent of the cases stemmed from the Sydney areas of concern.
Both men, aged in their 60s and 90s, had underlying health conditions and only one dose of vaccine. There has been 143,000 vaccinated in past 24 hours.
"Nearly 62 per cent of our population has had a first dose," Ms Berejiklian said.
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