A Wollongong man is among 30 COVID-related deaths during the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
The man in his 70s was vaccinated against COVID-19.
He was one of seven people aged in their 70s who died.
Others included one person in their 50s,15 people in their 80s and seven aged in their 90s.
Nine people were unvaccinated, and one had received only one dose.
Along with the man from Wollongong, 10 people were from south-western Sydney, five were from Sydney’s eastern suburbs, three were from Sydney’s south, two were from Sydney’s inner west, two were from Sydney’s north west, two were from the Northern Rivers region, two were from the Central Coast, one was from inner Sydney, one was from Dubbo and one was from Coffs Harbour.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,054.
There are currently 2,762 COVID-19 patients being treated in the state's hospitals, including 204 people in intensive care, 70 of whom require ventilation.
There were 20,148 new COVID cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night – including 8,566 from rapid antigen tests and 11,582 from PCR tests.
The RATs included 1,178 from South Western Sydney Local Health District, 1,105 from South Eastern Sydney, 1,075 from Western Sydney, 946 from Hunter New England, 894 from Northern Sydney, 705 from Sydney, 458 from Illawarra Shoalhaven, 453 from Central Coast, 392 from Nepean Blue Mountains, 340 from Northern NSW, 304 from Mid North Coast, 222 from Murrumbidgee, 209 from Western NSW, 149 from Southern NSW, 21 from Far West LHD and 115 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
The cases detected via PCR included 1,892 from South Western Sydney LHD, 1,888 from Western Sydney , 1,302 from Hunter New England , 877 from Sydney , 855 from South Eastern Sydney , 819 from Northern Sydney , 706 from Illawarra Shoalhaven , 620 from Murrumbidgee , 604 from Central Coast , 473 from Nepean Blue Mountains , 460 from Northern NSW LD, 342 from Western NSW , 272 from Mid North Coast , 167 from Southern NSW , eight from Far West , six from correctional settings and 291 yet to be assigned to an LHD.