Covid: Cases continue to climb

AS case numbers climb Premier Gladys Berejiklian continues to stress the importance of people being vaccinated, “currently nobody in intensive care who have had both vaccinations….of any age…and that is very encouraging.”

There have been 124 new cases of covid-19 infections in New South Wales in the past 24 hours, totaling 1,648 cases since the beginning of the outbreak on June 16.

There are currently 118 people hospitalised with covid-19, 28 people are in intensive care and 14 are being ventilated.

Of the people in intensive care, 42 are under the age of 55 and 15 are under the age of 35.