BREAKING: Covid deaths in NSW have spiked to a new record as 29,830 cases were recorded across the state.
There are 2850 people in hospital, up from 2776 on Monday, of whom 209 are in intensive care, up from 203.Tuesday’s new infections are marginally up after Monday’s fell to 29,504 from Sunday’s 34,660 new cases, a drop from 48,768 infections on Saturday and more than 63,000 on Friday.
Of the new cases on Tuesday, 13,763 were detected on rapid antigen tests and 16,067 were found through PCR testing.As of Tuesday, 95.2 per cent people in NSW aged over 16 have had one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, 93.8 per cent have had two and 26.5 per cent have received a booster. The NSW Vaccine Centre at Homebush Olympic Park has opened for booster shots. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone Among children aged 12 to 15, 82.1 per cent have received their first dose of a vaccine, while 78.3 per cent have had two doses. Of children aged five to 11, 13.9 per cent have had one dose of the vaccine since the age group became eligible on January 10. NSW Treasurer Matt Kean said on Monday the Omicron variant outbreak was creating both a health and economic crisis, but there was “light at the end of the tunnel”. “We’ve seen from international experience and based on the modelling that NSW Health have provided us that over the next four to six weeks, there will be a significant decrease in cases across the community,” he said. Premier Dominic Perrottet said hospitals were under significant strain but the state needed to “push through” the remainder of the current wave. Mr Perrottet and Health Minister Brad Hazzard are due to speak to the media at 10am on Tuesday, with chief health officer Kerry Chant and NSW Health deputy secretary Susan Pearce.
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