There are currently 557 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital across NSW.
60 patients are in intensive care, 19 of whom require ventilation.
There were 93,581 COVID-19 tests reported to 8 pm last night, compared with the previous days total of 97,241.
NSW recorded 6,062 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Tuesday night.
409 are from the Hunter New England LHD
782 of those new cases are from the South Western Sydney Local Health District.
- 211 are from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.
- 141 cases are from the Wollongong Local Government Area.
- 39 cases are from Shellharbour.
- 20 cases are from the Shoalhaven Local Government Area.
- 11 cases are from Kiama LGA
There are 42 new infections from Southern NSW.
NSW Health is advising COVID testing capacity in NSW is currently under enormous pressure.
It said the only people getting a PCR should be those who have COVID-19 symptoms; live in a household with a confirmed COVID-19-positive case or have been in a venue which NSW Health has advised there has been high transmission.