BY DAKOTA TAIT
The Hunter New England Health District has recorded 2,048 new COVID cases today and two deaths.
1,090 of those cases were from PCR tests and 958 were from RAT tests.
Sadly, a man and a woman from the Lake Macquarie area have passed away.
One was in their 70s and one was in their 80s.
This brings the region to 55 cases in hospital, with seven people in intensive care.
Across New South Wales, health has recorded 17,316 new COVID cases and 29 deaths.
This brings the State to 2,722 cases in hospital, with 181 in intensive care.
36.2 percent of adults have now received three shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.
