- Young vaccinated man with no underlying health conditions has died with Covid
- There are 1,609 NSW residents in hospital and 131 patients in intensive care units
- NSW Premier has announced non-urgent elective surgeries may soon be paused
- Scott Morrison announced six million vulnerable Aussies would get free RATs
- National cabinet meeting resulted in major overhaul to country’s testing system
By Olivia Day and Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 11:38 AEDT, 6 January 2022 | Updated: 15:31 AEDT, 6 January 2022
A man in his 20s has died with Covid in New South Wales, as the state detected 34,994 new cases on Thursday.
The young man, who was from the ACT, was double vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, NSW Health said on Thursday.
He died at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.
There were four other men and one woman who died on Wednesday in NSW, they were aged in their 60s, 80s and 90s.
Two were from the Lake Macquarie area and three were from Western Sydney.
Hospitalisations in NSW still remains steady with 1,609 patients receiving care, up from 1,491 on Wednesday. ICU rates in NSW have risen by 12 to a total of 131.
It comes as Premier Dominic Perrottet announced elective surgery could yet again be paused amid rising hospitalisation rates.