A further 118 COVID-19 patients have been admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours putting the NSW health system under increasing pressure. 7NEWS
He was fully vaccinated and had no known underlying health conditions.
He was among six deaths recorded in the last 24 hours including four other men and one woman aged in their 60s, 80s, and 90s. Two people were from the Lake Macquarie area, three were from western Sydney, and one was from the ACT. As of Thursday, a record 1609 people with the virus were being treated in hospital, up from 1491 on Wednesday, putting the NSW health system under increasing pressure.
Of those in hospital, 131 are in intensive care, an increase of 12 from the previous day, but still lower than the peak of 244 in September. NSW Health has confirmed intensive care admissions continue to be driven largely by the more severe Delta.If you’d like to view this content, please adjust your
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