NSW has recorded 293 new local cases of COVID-19 and two deaths after a Sydney gym became the centre of a coronavirus cluster.
NSW Health said there were 89,678 tests undertaken in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday and 11 fewer new local cases than the previous day.
There are 381 COVID-19 patients in NSW hospitals - down by 37 from the previous day.
There are 82 COVID patients intensive care - 15 fewer than the previous day - 38 of whom require ventilation.
Now 93.3 per cent of people 16 and older have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 86 per cent of adults are fully jabbed.
In the 12-15 year old age group, 78.5 per cent have had their first dose and 54.8 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The death toll from the current outbreak, which began in mid-June, is 508.
A fully vaccinated woman in her 90s died at Tarrawanna aged care facility, north of Wollongong, where she acquired her infection.
A man in his 70s from southwestern Sydney died at St George Hospital. He had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The cluster in the Hunter New England Local Health District continues to grow with 79 new cases taking the number of active cases there to 1089.
There were 51 cases in southwest Sydney and another 30 in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District which includes the town of Albury on the Victorian border.
NSW Health's ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus in sewage samples collected from across NSW, including Barraba, Moree, and Uralla.
Meanwhile, there are 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to City Gym, in Darlinghurst in the inner city, involving people who attended while infectious or acquired their infection at the facility, NSW Health said.
People who used the gym at certain times between October 18 and 23 or on the 25th are considered casual contacts and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.
The highly anticipated move to unfettered travel to the regions is due to start on Monday after being delayed over lagging vaccination numbers outside Sydney.
Premier Dominic Perrottet has hinted it could happen sooner, saying his COVID-19 economic recovery committee will be examining "aspects of the roadmap" this week.
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