7NEWS Australia published this video item, entitled “NSW Coronavirus Update – Friday 24th September 2021 | 7NEWS” – below is their description.
NSW recorded 11 deaths and 1,043 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
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One new case was acquired overseas, and 18 previously reported cases have been excluded following further investigation. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is 56,799.
Sadly, NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of eleven people with COVID-19 – five women and six men.
One person was in their 40s, two in their 50s, one in their 60s, six in their 80s, one in their 90s.
Ten people were unvaccinated, and one had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. All had underlying medical conditions.
One of these people was a man in his 50s from Broken Hill, who died at Broken Hill Base Hospital.
He was a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case and was not vaccinated. He had underlying medical conditions.
Two of these people died at home and were tested for COVID-19 after they had passed away.
One was a woman in her 80s from Sydney’s inner west who is linked to an outbreak at a social housing complex. She was not vaccinated.
Another was a man in his 40s from western Sydney. He was not vaccinated and had underlying medical conditions.
NSW Health extends its sincere condolences to their loved ones.
There have been 277 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since 16 June 2021 and 333 in total since the start of the pandemic.
There have been 51,148 locally acquired cases reported since 16 June 2021, when the first case in this outbreak was reported.
There are currently 1,186 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 232 people in intensive care, 110 of whom require ventilation.
There were 131,668 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 139,182.
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