24k Covid-19 cases in NSW, Vic as death toll soars

OSTN Staff

The state recorded 52 Covid-related deaths in the latest reporting period, after 49 people died with the virus on Saturday.There were 13,524 new Covid cases, of which 7492 infections were recorded from PCR tests and 6032 were from rapid antigen tests.There were 2663 people with the virus being treated in the state’s hospitals, with 182 in intensive care.It comes as Victoria reported 10,589 new Covid cases and 20 deaths of people with the virus on Sunday.In the latest reporting period, 4479 of the new cases were reported from PCR tests and 6110 cases were from rapid antigen tests.The total number of active cases in the state was 78,294, down from 79,836 reported on Saturday and 101,605 on Friday.There were 889 patients in Victorian hospitals being treated with the virus.Of those in hospital, 111 people are being treated in intensive care, with 35 people on ventilators.Victorian health authorities said on Saturday they had detected cases of the new Omicron subvariant.NED-4835-rapid-covid-test

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