Orange COVID cases jumped to 28 overnight in the latest figures which reported 98 cases for the Central Western Region

The figure for the city has jumped by 20, surging from eight cases that were announced in the previous day's report.

The city's number of infections are included in a total of 98 cases reported across the Central Western region.

The Dubbo Local Government Area has again reached the forties in this latest report, with 40 cases detected in the region. Five of these infections have Wellington addresses.

The Bathurst LGA has 10 cases on report, with three of these connected to Kelso, and one at Rockley Mount.

There are seven cases reported for the Mid-Western LGA, with all of those connected to the Mudgee area.

Three cases were detected in the Cabonne Shire, with two of those in Cargo and one with a Cudal address.

There are three active infections in Cobar, with two in the Forbes LGA.

Single cases were announced for the areas of Parkes, Warren, Gilgandra, Walgett, and Bourke.

A list of testing clinics are available on the Western NSW Local Health District website at https://wnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-information#popup-testing-clinics

NSW Health Minister, Brad Hazzard has verbally slammed Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk for refusing to lift the current border requirements with entry to the state, accusing her of "passive aggressive stupidity".

The rule will remain until January 1 (at the earliest) that interstate visitors from declared hotspots - such as NSW, the ACT, Adelaide and Victoria - will require negative results from a COVID-19 PCR test be returned within 72- hours prior to their entry into QLD.

Though, with the above states under extreme backlog with testing, many visitors are being left stranded at the border, or having to turn around and cancel their commute completely.

"This is passive aggressive stupidity from the Queensland Premier at her worst," Mr Hazzard said.

"Getting rid of PCRs for tourism testing is absolutely critical so there can be a focus on the clinical needs of patients at risk.

"South Australia has seen the light and someone needs to switch on the lights in the Queensland Premier's office."

Statewide, NSW has recorded 6062 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm on Monday.

The figure has dropped by 262 cases in this latest announcement.

There are 521 hospital cases receiving treatment for the virus, which sees an additional 36 people hospitalised between the end-to-end reports.

There are 60 cases in ICU, a number which is up by five, with the occurrence of one COVID-related death.

Vaccination figures remain the same from recent reports, with the first dose figure still sitting at 95 per cent, and 93.5 per cent of adults 16+ are fully vaccinated.

Figures for people aged 12-15 are also one and the same, with the first dose figure idling at 81.6 per cent, and 78.3 per cent have received two doses of a COVID vaccine.

Testing figures have again dropped slightly from the previous day, with 93,581 tests undertaken in the last 24-hour period to 8pm.