Two people from Wollongong and one each from from the Hunter region and Central Coast are among 18 new COVID-related deaths across NSW in today's figures.
There were also four people from Western Sydney, four from Sydney’s north, three from Sydney’s north west, one from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, one from Sydney’s Inner West and one from Sydney’s south.
The 10 men and eight women included two people in their 50s - one of whom had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the other was unvaccinated.
Both had underlying health conditions.
There were also three people in their 70s, eight in their 80s and five in their 90s.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,608.
There are currently 1,491 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 72 people in intensive care, 20 of whom require ventilation.
Across the state there were13,601 new COVID cases in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday.
They included 2048 from the Hunter New England area, 1582 from Northern Sydney, 1524 from Western Sydney, 1485 from South-Eastern Sydney, 1403 from South Western Sydney, 1164 from Sydney, 754 from the Illawarra Shoalhaven, 674 from the Central Coast and 407 from Southern NSW.