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There have been 1,386 new cases of COVID in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven for the 24 hours up until eight last night.
897 are from the Wollongong local government area, 213 from Shellharbour, 207 from Shoalhaven and 69 from Kiama.
The Hunter New England Health district has recorded 2,527 new cases.
There are currently 21,823 active cases in the District.
106 active cases are being cared for in hospitals, 9 are in ICU.
There were 308 cases in the Southern NSW Health District.
That includes 78 in the Bega Valley LGA and 36 in the Eurobodalla LGA.
The figures for the Wingecarribee were last updated on January 7 at 8pm.
There were 1589 active cases for the reporting period.
That's up from 1344 the previous day.
Across the state and 16 people have died.
There has been an increase in hospitalisations and the number of people treated in intensive care with the virus.
More than 30000 cases have been recorded.
The figures don't include the results of rapid antigen tests.
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A woman is in a critical condition after being pulled from the water at Windang.
Just after 3.15pm yesterday, emergency services were called to a surf club following reports a woman had been pulled from the water unconscious.
CPR was performed, prior to the arrival of Paramedics.
The woman – believed to be aged in her 50’s – was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a critical condition.
Officers from the Lake Illawarra Police District were also assisted by Surf Lifesaving NSW.
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Tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic recovered from COVID-19 before travelling to Australia and met the prescribed requirements for a vaccination exemption, his lawyers will argue.
The 34-year-old Serb on Sunday remained in immigration detention in Melbourne after having his visa cancelled by the federal government.
His case returns to court on Monday, with Djokovic fighting for the right to remain in the country and the chance to retain his Australian Open title.
Documents released by the Federal Court on Saturday show Djokovic contracted COVID-19 on December 16 and was free from symptoms ahead of his arrival in Australia on Wednesday.
"The visa holder (Djokovic) stated that Tennis Australia facilitated his medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination requirement and completed the Australian Travel Declaration on his behalf," a Home Affairs representative said, as quoted in court papers.
"I consider that Tennis Australia would have facilitated his medical exemption and Australian Travel Declaration based on information (Djokovic) provided to them. As such, I don't consider these constitute extenuating circumstances beyond (Djokovic's) control.
"I apply significant weight in favour of visa cancellation for this factor."
The tennis champion's lawyer will argue that he met the criteria for a temporary exemption under the guidelines of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). And furthermore, that he was denied procedural fairness during the decision to revoke his visa.
Court documents cite the ATAGI advice, including: "COVID-19 vaccination in people who have had PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection can be deferred for a maximum of six months after the acute illness, as a temporary exemption due to acute major medical illness".
Djokovic provided evidence that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on December 16.
After his arrival on Wednesday evening, court papers show Djokovic had a sleepless night as he was questioned by authorities at times including 4am, before the visa revocation at 7.42am.
A partial transcript of that interview included "you have stated you are not vaccinated against COVID-19".
Djokovic has previously declined to confirm his vaccination status.
"Mr Djokovic had received, on 30 December 2021, a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Tennis Australia recording that he had been provided with a 'medical exemption from COVID vaccination' on the ground that he had recently recovered from COVID," the court documents read.
In a letter leaked to media, Tennis Australia rejected that players were knowingly misled, insisting organisers had followed "instructions".
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NSW has seen an increase in almost all COVID-19 numbers, in the past 24hours.
NSW Health says to 8pm yesterday, the state recorded 45,098 total new cases..up from 38,625 the previous day.
1,795 people are in hospital..up from 1,738; 145-people are in I-C-U an increase from 134, while nine deaths have been reported, down two from the previous day.
93.7% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 78.1% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses.
Of the 45,098 cases reported to 8pm last night, 1,728 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, while 4,432 are from Hunter New England Local Health District.
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