NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of eight people with COVID-19 - five women and three men.
One person was aged in their 60s, two were aged in their 70s, three were aged in their 80s and two were aged in their 90s.
One person was unvaccinated.
Three were from Sydney’s south, one was from Western Sydney, one was from Sydney’s south west, one was from Sydney’s north, one was from the Lake Macquarie area and one was from the Northern Rivers.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,626.
There are currently 1623 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 70 people in intensive care, 21 of whom require ventilation.
There were 10,856 positive test results notified in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday.
They included 1449 cases from the Hunter New England area, 1081 from South Western Sydney, 612 from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and 299 from Southern NSW.