Orange's COVID numbers skyrocket as Western NSW Local Health District's figures decline

COVID cases in the Western NSW Local Health District decreased despite hundreds of new cases being recorded in the past few days.

Of the Western NSW Local Health District's 152 new cases (down on the 244 new cases reported in the 24 hours previously), Dubbo had 28 and Bathurst 7.

Blayney local government area had one (at Millthorpe).

The number of COVID cases in the health district's hospitals dropped from two to one in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday, rose to three in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday and rose to five in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday, with one case in ICU.

In the latest reporting period, to 8pm on Friday, there were four COVID cases in hospital and none in ICU, the health district said.

Across NSW, in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, there were 22,577 new cases of COVID, up by about 1400 on the previous day, and four deaths, according to NSW Health - all of them in Sydney.

NSW Health says there are 901 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital in the state, up 69 on the previous day, and 79 people in intensive care, up by 10 on the previous day.

Of those, 26 require ventilation, which is up by seven on the previous day.

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