NSW Health is reporting the deaths of 22 people with COVID-19.
There are 13 men and nine women.
Of the 22 people who died; one person was in their 40s, one person was in their 50s, two people were in their 60s, four people were in their 70s, nine people were in their 80s,
Four people were in their 90s and one person was over 100.
Three people who died were aged under 65, all three had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.
A man in his 40s died at Junee Correctional Centre on 26 January and is being reported today.
Of those aged over 65 years, two people had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, nine people had received two doses and eight people were not vaccinated.
Five people were from western Sydney, four people were from south western Sydney, three people were from south eastern Sydney, two people were from the Central Coast.
Two people were from the Shellharbour region and one person was from the Taree region.
One person was from the Port Stephens region, one person was from inner Sydney.
One person was from the Lower Hunter region and one person was from the Tweed region.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,715.
There were 6,686 positive cases notified in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday – including 4,301 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 2,385 positive PCR tests.
- 1.012 new Covid cases in the Hunter New England LGA.
- 692 from South Western Sydney.
- 332 cases from the Illawarra Shoalhaven.
- 200 Covid cases were reported in the Southern NSW LGA.
There are currently 1,614 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 93 people in intensive care, 42 of whom require ventilation.