Murrumbidgee Local Health District records 494 COVID-19 cases as another Albury resident dies

A resident of Albury was one of the 20 people who died in NSW and reported in the state's update on Wednesday, NSW Health said.

There has been a rise in new cases across the state, with 10,312 new detections in the 24 hours to 4pm Tuesday.

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The Murrumbidgee Local Health District accounted for 494 of those, with the majority being diagnosed through rapid antigen tests [RAT].

Just 161 positive cases were detected through a PCR test at a MLHD clinic, according to NSW Health data, compared to 333 proved on the RATs.