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NSW records 294 new local Covid-19 infections and four deaths

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Covid-19 cases in NSW have remained steady since lockdown was lifted. NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard
Camera IconCovid-19 cases in NSW have remained steady since lockdown was lifted. NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard Credit: News Corp Australia

NSW has recorded 294 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases and four more deaths on Monday.

NSW Health announced the new infections on Twitter at 9am and said 474 coronavirus patients were in hospital, with 116 of those in intensive care and 57 people on a ventilator.

The new cases were from the Hunter New England Local Health District (59), South Western Sydney (54), Murrumbidgee (46), Mid North Coast (30), Western Sydney (24), and South Eastern Sydney (18).

NSW has now reached 84.8 per cent of the population aged 16 and older fully vaccinated against Covid-19, while more than 93 per cent have had at least one dose.

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The health department also confirmed no new cases were recorded in hotel quarantine on Monday.

The new deaths included a person in their 40s, two people in their 60s and one person in their 70s.

“The person in their 40s was not vaccinated, the two people in their 60s had received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and the person in their 70s had received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. All four people had underlying health conditions,” NSW Health said in a statement.

It takes the death toll of the outbreak since June 16 this year to 502, and 558 in total since the start of the pandemic.

Covid infections in NSW continue to remain steady as the state emerges from the deadly Delta outbreak and the population enjoys greater freedoms.

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Originally published as NSW records 294 new local Covid-19 infections and four deaths

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