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
As of Thursday, a record 1609 people with the virus were being treated in hospital, up from 1491 on Wednesday.
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. Another 34,994 cases of the virus were recorded in the state in the last 24 hours from more than 111,000 tests, meaning about 31 per cent of tests were positive.Your cookie settings are preventing this third party content from displaying.
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