42 new COVID cases recorded in Western NSW but none in Orange

NSW recorded 1,035 new locally acquired cases of COVID in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

One new case was acquired overseas in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, and ten previously reported cases have been excluded following further investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 23,183.

NSW Health has been notified of the deaths of two people who had COVID.

A woman in her 70s from Sydney's Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District died at Nepean Hospital, after acquiring her infection there earlier this month. Hers is the fourth death linked to an outbreak at the hospital.

A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital.

There have been 83 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since June 16, 2021. There have been 139 in total since the start of the pandemic.

There have been 17,582 locally acquired cases reported since June 16, 2021, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.

Of the 1,035 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 398 are from Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 316 are from South Western Sydney LHD, 100 are from Sydney LHD, 78 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 52 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD 42 are from Western NSW LHD, 25 are from Northern Sydney LHD, seven are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, four are from Far West LHD, three new cases for Hunter New England LHD, two new cases for Central Coast LHD and eight cases are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

The 42 cases recorded in Western NSW brings the total cases in this region to 495 cases. 34 of those cases were in Dubbo, six in Bourke, one was in Bathurst and one was in Mudgee.

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