January 1, 2022: NSW records 22,577 new Covid cases; 63 in Orange

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NSW has recorded 22,577 new Covid cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on New Year's Eve, including 63 in Orange.

There are 109,197 active cases in NSW.

National data on overall Covid cases. Source: Federal government.

There are 901 people in hospital in NSW, with 79 in ICU. Twenty-six people require ventilation.

Five deaths in NSW were reported.

There were 119,278 tests conducted in the state.

National data on overall Covid cases. Source: Federal government.

Up to 8pm last night there were 152 new cases identified in the following local government areas in the Western NSW Local Health District:

Bathurst - 7 Blayney - 1 (Millthorpe) Bogan - 3 (Nyngan) Bourke - 2 Brewarrina - 2 Cabonne - 9 Cobar - 3 Coonamble - 1 Dubbo - 28 (inc 1 with Wellington address) Forbes - 2 Gilgandra - 1 Lachlan - 1 (Condobolin) Mid-Western - 6 Orange - 63 Parkes - 4 Walgett - 13 (inc 1 with Lightning Ridge address) Warrumbungle - 6 (inc 3 with Coonabarabran addresses).

In NSW 95 percent of people aged 16 and over have had their first vaccination, and 93.6 percent have had their second.

In the 12-to-15-year-old demographic in NSW, 81.5 percent have had their first shot, and 78.2 percent have had their second.

Nationally, 78.8 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the age of 16 have had one dose, and 71 percent of people over the age of 16 are fully vaccinated.