Video / ABC AustraliaNew South Wales has recorded 1218 new local cases of Covid-19, breaking yesterday's record of new daily cases for the state and for Australia. There are currently 813 Covid-19 cases admitted to hospital in NSW, with 126 people in intensive care, 54 of whom require ventilation. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged residents to focus on the state's vaccination rate rather than infection numbers. "I would hope that lockdowns would be a thing of the past once vaccination rates reach 80 per cent," he said. "If not at 70 or 80 per cent [vaccination coverage], then when?"

Source: New Zealand Herald August 28, 2021 22:36 UTC