Update 11.36am
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The NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant had a "key message".
"Seek help when you need it," she said.
"Even if you think that you've done something that is a breach of the public health orders.
"Even if you're concerned about anything, please know that we will not care about what you have done, our job is caring about you and our priority will be providing you with care."
Update 11.31am
Of the five people that died in the last 24 hours reporting period were:
- A man in his 90s from south-east Sydney died at St George Hospital. He was a resident of St George Aged Care Facility in Bexley and acquired his infection there.
- A woman in her 80s from northern Sydney died at Ryde Hospital.
- A woman in her 50s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital.
- A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital.
- A man in his 60s from Southern Highlands died at home
Update 11.29am
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has moved to reassure residents that the NSW health system will be able to cope during the state's COVID-19 peak.
"I want everyone to be reassured that the capacity is there," she said.
"The system has been preparing, the system is ready."
She said there was 18 months worth of planning that had gone into to making sure there would be a surge capacity of 1550.
For context, NSW has 177 intensive care COVID patients at the moment, and on any given day there are about 400 people in intensive care without COVID.
The premier said according to the modelling she had received NSW was expecting to reach peak cases in the next week or so.
Intensive care cases could peak in mid-October.
Update 11.21am
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she received modelling late last week of when the state's health experts think the number of cases will peak, what the intensive care requirements could be and what the number of people in hospital could be.
"I'm pleased to say that today we'll be making all of that public," she said.
"But I do want to qualify all of that to say that modelling depends on a number of things.
"If too many of us do the wrong thing and there are too many super spreading events, we could see those numbers not be what they are."
The premier said NSW is "inching, ever so much closer" to the 70 per cent double dose vaccinated figure.
"Which is so encouraging," she said.
"Can I encourage everybody to come forward and get vaccinated."
Update 11.13am
Of the 1,281 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night:
- 483 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District
- 348 are from Western Sydney LHD
- 37 are from Sydney LHD
- 118 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD
- 67 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
- 44 are from Western NSW LHD
- 22 are from Northern Sydney LHD
- 21 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
- eight are from Central Coast LHD
- seven are in correctional settings
- seven are from Far West LHD
- five are from Hunter New England LHD
- five are from Southern NSW LHD and
- nine cases are yet to be assigned to an LHD.
Update 11.09am
NSW has recorded 1281 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
One new case was acquired overseas.
In the last 24 hours 136,455 tests were conducted.
Around 11,000 COVID patients are being cared for by NSW health, 1071 are in hospital, 177 are in intensive care and 67 are on ventilators.
750,000 people in NSW have been vaccinated in the last week.
EARLIER: Victoria recorded 246 new local cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to midnight.
The Health Department said 121 of these were linked to known cases and outbreaks, with more case information to be provided in Monday's daily briefing.
There are 1619 active coronavirus cases in Victoria.
The latest figures come as the Border remains on alert after two separate COVID-19 incidents on the weekend.
NSW recorded 1485 new positive cases and three new deaths on Sunday.
There are 1030 people in hospital with the virus in the state, including 175 in intensive care and 72 on ventilators. Three of those in ICU are children.
On Sunday Victoria recorded 183 new local cases. This includes a guard at a Melbourne detention centre that holds asylum seekers.
The ACT had 15 new cases and Queensland recorded one. New Zealand has recorded 20 new cases.
Modelling from the Medical Journal of Australia shows the current mixed vaccination program will not be enough to protect the entire populous against COVID-19, until younger children between five and 16 can be fully vaccinated.
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