Update 12.24
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Watch this clip where deputy premier John Barilaro breaks down where COVID-19 cases are in the regions.
Update 11.35am
A journalist asked the Health Minister Brad Hazzard why 16-year-olds in Sydney hotspots couldn't book a vaccination until October when they tried to book online.
Mr Hazzard said "quite simply, there is not enough Pfizer in NSW or anywhere".
"We're certainly asking the Federal Government to get us more Pfizer vaccine, but what I would say for older residents you can also have AstraZeneca," he said.
"Go and have it, AstraZeneca is a very good vaccine, it's saved vast numbers of people right across the world from what is an extremely dangerous virus."
Mr Hazzard said "a lot" more Pfizer was needed to satisfy demand.
Update 11.30am
Deputy Premier John Barilaro said vaccinations rate in regional NSW were increasing.
"Again, the message to regional and rural NSW is to get vaccinated," he said.
"We are running walk in clinic right across the regions, so keep an eye out for those.
"It's part of our freedom and part of our future."
Of the COVID-19 cases in NSW, 871 are in hospital, 143 are in intensive care and 58 are on ventilators.
There have been 96 COVID-19 deaths in NSW since June 16.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the outbreak at Sydney's Parkleigh prison had grown, with 43 more inmates testing positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the total cluster to 75.
She said the prison was in lockdown and control measures were in place.
Earlier
NSW has recorded 1164 local cases of COVID-19 and four cases acquired overseas.
Three people have died in NSW in Sydney: a woman in her 50s with underlying health conditions, a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s.
NSW Health and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian did not say how many were infectious while in the community.
2,564,131 doses were administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 4,295,148 were administered by the GP network and other providers to 11:59pm on Sunday 29 August 2021.
130,027 tests were received in the last 24 hours.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said two thirds or 67 per cent of the NSW adult population had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination.
IN OTHER NEWS:
Yesterday NSW recorded 1290 cases while Victoria recorded 73 new cases.
On Monday a man from Dubbo in western NSW became the first person to die from COVID-19 in the state's regions in the current outbreak.
He was one of four people who died from COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says fully vaccinated people will be given greater freedoms in October, but did not specify what these would be.
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