BREAKING Sadly five more people with Covid-19 have died in NSW overnight, as the state clocks up 22,577 new cases. Victoria has also broken its record for daily cases, with 7442 new infections and nine deaths
There are 901 people in hospital with the virus, up from 832 on Friday, while ten more people have been admitted to intensive care taking the total to 79.In NSW, 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 93.6 per cent are fully vaccinated.It comes after the state almost doubled its case numbers on the last day of the year, with 21,151 confirmed cases of the virus and six new deaths on Friday.
Mr Morrison said a household contact was someone who lived with an infected person or had spent more than four hours with them in a house, accommodation or care facility setting. Yet another requirement was scrapped on Friday afternoon, with positive Covid cases no longer having to get tested on day six before leaving isolation.
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