Another 29 COVID-19 deaths across Australia as NSW reports more than 20,000 new cases

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There were six COVID-19-related deaths reported in NSW on Friday, along with nine in Victoria, 11 in Queensland and three in South Australia.

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BA.2 is expected to become "by far the dominant strain in NSW" within weeks, Acting Chief Health Officer Marianne Gale has said.Of the six deaths reported on Friday, five were men and one was a woman. Two were in their 70s and 80s and four were in their 90s. Some 83.5 per cent of children aged 12 to 15 have had one dose of a vaccine and 79.1 have had two doses.In the booster rollout, 57.8 per cent of people 16 and over have had a third dose, representing 61.7 per cent of the eligible population.Of those infected, 199 are in hospital, with 23 in intensive care and five on ventilators.Western Australia's COVID-19 daily case numbers have dipped slightly as the state government expands its rollout of free RATs.

The government has already made 15 free RATs available to each WA household for delivery or collection.Queensland reported 11 further deaths in the past 24 hours, along with 6,103 new cases.

 

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