NSW recorded 1,599 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Four new cases were acquired overseas in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, and 30 previously reported cases have been excluded following further investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 42,000. NSW Health has been notified of the deaths of eight people who had COVID-19.
Of the 1,599 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 37 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, 10 are from Hunter New England LHD, two are from Southern NSW LHD.
NSW Health's ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Moruya sewage treatment plant.
NSW Health administered 32,150 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, including 9,567 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.
Across NSW, 77.3 per cent of the over-16 population has received a first dose COVID-19 vaccine, and 44.5 per cent are fully vaccinated to 11:59pm on Thursday, 9th September 2021.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 8,016,805 with 2,981,034 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 5,035,771 administered by the GP network and other providers to 11:59pm on Thursday 9 September 2021.
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