NSW recorded eight deaths and 587 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
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The deaths included five men and three women.
One person was in their 20s, one person was in their 50s, two people were in their 60s, two people were in their 70s, and two people were in their 80s.
Three people were from south western Sydney, two people were from western Sydney, one person was from south eastern Sydney, one person was from Sydney's inner city, and one person was from Wellington in western NSW.
Five people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose, and two people with underlying health conditions had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Two people - a man in his 20s from western Sydney and a woman in her 80s from south eastern Sydney - died at home and tested positive to COVID-19 after their deaths.
A man in his 70s from south western Sydney died after acquiring his infection at Campbelltown Hospital. This is the fourth death linked to this outbreak.
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There have been 403 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the start of this outbreak and 459 since the start of the pandemic.
There are 911 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 181 people in intensive care, 85 of whom require ventilation.
Of the 587 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night:
- 119 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
- 105 are from Western Sydney LHD,
- 83 are from Hunter New England LHD,
- 60 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD,
- 59 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD,
- 59 are from Sydney LHD,
- 22 are from Northern Sydney LHD,
- 21 are from Central Coast LHD,
- 20 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD,
- 15 are from Southern NSW LHD,
- seven are from Western NSW LHD,
- seven are from Northern NSW LHD,
- four are from Murrumbidgee LHD,
- two are from Far West LHD,
- one is in correctional settings, and
- three are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
NSW has reached the 70 per cent double dose vaccination milestone.
NSW Health administered 22,609 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 10,589,377 with 3,685,861 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 6,903,516 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11.59pm on Tuesday, October 5.
Across NSW to 11.59pm on October 5 89 per cent of the over-16 population had received a first dose COVID-19 vaccine, and 69.1 per cent were fully vaccinated.
With the doses administered by the GP Network and pharmacies yesterday (Wednesday), which will be included in this update tomorrow (Friday), more than 70 per cent of people aged 16 and over in NSW are now fully vaccinated.
No new cases were acquired overseas. The total number of COVID-19 cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 66,835.
There have been 60,596 locally acquired cases reported since June 16, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.
There were 112,186 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day's total of 90,680.