Friday 21 January 2022

Three COVID deaths across the Hunter, amid record NSW numbers

BY DAKOTA TAIT

The Hunter New England Health District has recorded 2,738 new COVID cases today and 3 deaths.

1,745 of those cases were from PCR tests and 993 were from RAT tests.
 
Sadly, two men and one woman have passed away with the virus.

Two were from Newcastle and one was from Singleton.

One was aged in their 60s, one in their 70s, and one in their 90s.

This brings the region to 100 cases in hospital, with six people in intensive care.

Across New South Wales, health has recorded 25,168 new COVID cases and 46 deaths.

This brings the State to 2,743 cases in hospital, with 209 in intensive care.

30.3 percent of adults have now received three shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.