No new COVID-19 cases reported in Orange, one positive case in Bathurst

It follows four cases in Orange that were announced on Tuesday from Monday's reporting period.

Those four cases are household contacts of a previously known case.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in either the Cabonne or Blayney Local Government Areas.

Across the Western NSW Local Health District only one new case was identified in Bathurst as of 8pm Tuesday.

However, the Western NSW Local Health District is encouraging people with no symptoms to be tested for surveillance.

People who have a surveillance test will not need to isolate if they do not have any symptoms and no one in their household has symptoms.

People will also not need to isolate if they or no one else in their household is a close contact of person with COVID-19, and if they have not been to any of the places listed as a close or casual contact venue.

Drive-through testing clinics continue to operate at Orange Showground and Wade Park on weekdays and at Orange Hospital on weekend. Visit nsw.gov.au. for more details.

Across NSW, there were 231 new cases of COVID-19 in the same 24-hour period.

Three cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 78,805.

There are currently 207 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 33 people in intensive care, 15 of whom require ventilation.

There were 88,104 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm Tuesday, compared with the previous day's total of 67,893.

Across NSW, 94.2 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 91.3 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Of the people aged 12-15, 80.7 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 73.9 per cent are fully vaccinated.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 12,711,854 with 4,126,336 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 8,585,518 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Monday 15 November, 2021.

Of the 231 cases reported to 8pm last night:

NSW Health's ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 in sewage samples collected from Gerringong, Gerroa, Holbrook, Grenfell, Lithgow and Wauchope where there are currently no known or recent cases.

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