Image: GettyNew South Wales has recorded 623 new local cases of Covid-19 and another six people have died, as the state begins its final scheduled week in lockdown. Of the six deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, three were women and three were men. There are currently 959 people in hospital with Covid in NSW, with 193 in intensive care, and 97 people on ventilators. NSW Health has detected virus fragments in sewage at Kingscliff and Banora Point in far northern NSW. Casino is in lockdown, with stay-at-home orders applicable to anyone who has visited the northern NSW town since September 24.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2021 00:00 UTC