There were 9,725 positive test results notified in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday – including 6,339 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 3,386 positive PCR tests.
The positive PCR results were returned from a total of 21,136 PCR tests.
NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of six people with COVID-19; four men and two women, two people were aged in their 70s, two people were aged in their 80s and two people were aged in their 90s.
Three people were from south west Sydney, one person was from Sydney’s north, one person was from the Northern Tablelands and one person was from the Forster-Tuncurry region.
Across NSW, more than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.7 per cent have received two doses to Friday 15 April 2022.
• Of children aged 12 to 15, 83.3 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 79.6 per cent have received two doses.
• Of children aged 5 to 11, 49.9 per cent have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 32.7 per cent have received two doses.
• Of people aged 16 plus, 61.8 per cent have now received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, this represents 65.7 per cent of the eligible population that received their second dose more than three months ago.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 17,709,204.
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