Covid: 452 new cases

THERE have been an additional 452 new covid cases identified overnight and a woman in her 70s who was unvaccinated has passed away.

New cases in regional areas:

• 16 in Dubbo
• 2 in Burke
• 1 case in Broken Hill who also visited Wilcannia
• 5 in Maitland
• 2 in Newcastle
• 3 in Lake Macquarie
• 1 in Shellharbour

NSW Health are contact tracing, following infected people from Sydney attending a funeral in Wilcannia.

In the Hunter New England Health district there is now 130 active cases.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro said people in regional New South Wales need to get vaccinated, with whatever vaccination is available to them.

There are 447 people hospitalised with covid-19, 69 are in intensive care and 24 people are on ventilators.

NSW Health have confirmed they are no longer listing venues of concern in Sydney LGAs because the growing number of locations are too many to list. They are still publishing venues of concern for regional areas.