Good evening and thank you for reading our live coverage of the day’s events. He’s a summary of today’s key events:
- NSW recorded 1,288 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths in 24 hours.
- Two of the seven deaths in NSW were linked to hospital outbreaks. A man in his 70s, who was fully vaccinated but had underlying health conditions, died at Liverpool Hospital after acquiring his infection at that hospital. It is the 12th death linked to that outbreak. A man in his 80s died at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital after acquiring his infection at the hospital. The outbreak linked to that hospital now numbers three patients and two staff members. He was also fully vaccinated but had underlying conditions.
- A man in his 80s, who was not vaccinated and had underlying health conditions, died at Campbelltown Hospital, as did a woman in her 70s. A man in his 50s, also unvaccinated and with underlying health conditions, died at Royal North Shore Hospital. A woman in her 80s, also unvaccinated, died at Liverpool Hospital. A man in his 80s died at St George Hospital.
- NSW has become the first state or territory to hit 70 per cent first-dose vaccination across its population aged over 16. “The privileges that will extend at 70 per cent double-dose are only for those who are double vaccinated. So get vaccinated now,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
- People who live in the 12 local government areas of concern in Sydney’s west and south-west will now be allowed to leave their homes for an unlimited time to exercise, after previously being limited to an hour a day. But the 9pm to 5am curfew in these areas will remain in place.