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.
The NSW Vaccine Centre at Homebush Olympic Park has opened for booster shots. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone 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. “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.
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