
COVID UPDATE – 11:30am, Saturday July 23rd

New Cases in Lake Macquarie in the past 24 hours: 377 (Down 188 on Yesterdays figure)

New cases in Hunter-New England Health district yesterday: 1860 (Up 878 on previous day)

Cases in Lake Macquarie over the past four weeks: 4668 (Up 54 on yesterdays figure)

New cases state-wide in past 24 hours: 14,953 (Down 3716 on previous day)

Covid patients currently in NSW hospitals: 2176 (Down 26 on previous day)

Covid patients in NSW ICU: 59 (Up 4 on previous day)

Lives lost in NSW over the past 24 hours: 41 (Up 26 on previous day)

STATEWIDE VACCINATION RATES
- 96.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 95.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 68.7% of people have had three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 82.5% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 78.8% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 49.8% of people aged 5-11 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

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