Two people aged in their 50s are among eight COVID-related deaths for the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday.
Both had significant underlying health conditions.
One had received one vaccine dose, the other three.
Two people in their 70s, two in their 80s and two in their 90s also died while battling COVID.
Two were unvaccinated.
Five were from south-western Sydney, one was from Sydney’s Inner West, one was from the Central West and one was from the Lake Macquarie area.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,694.
There are currently 1,588 COVID-19 COVID patients being treated in hospital, including 64 people in intensive care, 20 of whom require ventilation.
There were 11,107 new cases in the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday, including 1388 from the Hunter New England area, 1154 from the South Western Sydney Local Health District, 598 from the Illwarra Shoalhaven and 316 from Southern NSW.