NSW recorded 2,566 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
A total of 313 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant have been confirmed by the required additional testing in NSW, however NSW Health said the Omicron variant likely accounted for most of today’s cases.
The most cases in a region came from the Hunter New England Local Health District, which recorded 712 new cases.
Of these half (356) were in Newcastle, 176 were from Lake Macquarie, 85 were from Maitland, 35 were from Port Stephens, 19 were from Cessnock, 10 were from Singleton and seven were from Muswellbrook.
There are 3,725 active cases in the Hunter New England area, with 17 cases are being cared for in the district's hospitals, including three in ICU.
Further south there were 31 new COVID-19 cases recorded for the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.
They included 22 cases from Wollongong, eight from Shellharbour and one from the Shoalhaven.
There have been 2880 community acquired COVID-19 cases reported in the Illawarra Shoalhaven area since June 16, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.
As at 8pm there were eight COVID patients in the district's hospitals.
Figures in other areas include 446 from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 303 from South Western Sydney LHD, 311 from Sydney LHD, 279 from Western Sydney LHD, 189 from Northern Sydney LHD, 72 from Central Coast LHD, 66 from Northern NSW LHD, 50 from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 37 arefrom Western NSW LHD, 23 from Mid North Coast LHD, are from Murrumbidgee LHD, seven from Southern NSW LHD and one from Far West LHD.
Across the state the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic sits at 97,369.
There are currently 227 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 28 people in intensive care, 10 of whom require ventilation.
NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.
Everyone aged 18 years and older can now receive a booster five months after receiving their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
NSW Health urges people to get their booster dose as soon as they are eligible, to best protect yourself, your loved ones and the community from the ongoing transmission of COVID-19.
NSW Health continues to remind everyone across the community to continue to practice COVID-safe behaviours, including wearing a mask in settings where you cannot physically distance.
Get tested and stay home if you have the mildest of symptoms. Do not go out and visit family, friends or go to social events if you are unwell. Practice good hand hygiene, washing and sanitising your hands regularly.
Please consider using a Rapid Antigen Test before going out, if you do not have symptoms.