THERE have been another 415 cases of COVID reported in NSW to the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday.
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the figure, which is a drop on the previous day's figure of 466, on Sunday.
Four people have died in the latest reporting period, two women and two men, aged from their 50s to 80s.
There are also 62 COVID sufferers in intensive care at hospitals.
Of the 415 new cases, 35 were infectious while in the community and Ms Berejiklian said that figure was expected to rise as their circumstances were further investigated.
There have been 127,000 COVID tests done in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday.
Ms Berejiklian also reported the state had no passed the five million mark for immunisation.
The state's chief health officer Kerry Chant said the case numbers remained disappointing and called for continued following of rules.
Dr Chant said she was very concerned at case numbers in western NSW around Dubbo and Walgett.
EARLIER: More than half of the new Victorian COVID-19 cases weren't quarantining during all of their infectious period.
The Department of Health said 25 new local cases were reported in the 24 hours to midnight Saturday, with no new cases acquired overseas.
"Of the 25 locally-acquired cases, 21 are linked to known outbreaks and 12 have been in isolation throughout their infectious period," the department said.
There were 32,286 test results received in the past day and 23,076 vaccine doses were administered.
Victoria has 185 active cases of coronavirus.
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NSW recorded 466 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with the whole state then sent into a seven-day lockdown from 5pm.
The five reasons NSW residents can leave their home are:
- Obtain food and other goods locally
- For the purposes of work or education if it is not possible to do it at home
- Exercising locally
- Medical or caring reasons
- Obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination
The Australian Capital Territory recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19 on Saturday, a close contact of an existing case.
The new case took the territory's total in the current outbreak to seven, with the ACT in lockdown until at least Thursday.
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