Five new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Shoalhaven overnight, with the source of infection for two of these cases under investigation.
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This brings the LGAs total number of cases since the Delta-variant outbreak to 66. Of these, 34 are under investigation.
In a record daily total, the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District recorded 103 new cases overnight, with the bulk of these cases in Wollongong and Shellharbour.
Wollongong has recorded 82 cases of COVID-19 with investigations continuing for 64 of these cases. Shellharbour has recorded 14 new cases, with six under investigation.
Kiama has recorded two new cases of COVID-19 which are both linked to known cases.
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These numbers come as the state recorded 1,043 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
NSW Health reported the deaths of eleven people with COVID-19, five women and six men.
One person was in their 40s, two in their 50s, one in their 60s, six in their 80s, one in their 90s.
Ten people were unvaccinated, and one had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said almost 85 per cent of NSW residents have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, announced in Friday's 11am press conference.
A list of COVID-19 venues of concern and exposure sites in relation to the positive cases detected in the district can be viewed here.
Find your nearest COVID-19 testing clinic here.
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