Premier Dominic Perrottet said 'we are seeing some very pleasing and reassuring data coming through' as New South Wales recorded another decline in daily COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Two people had received three doses of a coronavirus vaccine, 14 had received two doses, one had received one dose and one was not vaccinated.
The two people aged under 65 – a man and a woman – were both fully vaccinated and one had severe underlying health conditions.There are currently 2,337 COVID-19 cases in hospital, with 152 of those in intensive care and 70 on ventilators.Just one day earlier there were 2,494 COVID-related hospitalisations and 160 patients receiving care in ICU.
"We are seeing some very pleasing and reassuring data coming through in relation to hosptalisations and ICU presentations," Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Saturday."We need to make sure those booster shots for all people 16 and over now are given on time because booster is really important for preventing the transmission and serious disease," he said.
Across the state, 95.5 per cent of people aged 16 and older have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 94.1 per cent have had two doses and 42.6 per cent have had three doses.
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