Clarification around the 10 deaths in NSW

Some of you are asking about a clarification around the ten deaths reported in NSW today.

At first, Brad Hazzard said a child under 10 was one of the ten people who died of COVID. A few minutes later he clarified and said the child was in ICU. 

"When I was referring to the cases of the young child, that was actually the ICU. The child has not passed away," he said.

He then listed the ages of the 195 people in ICU:

Of those 195 people in ICU:

• 140 are not vaccinated

• 41 had received their first dose

• 14 had received two doses

• 93 people are on ventilators

This is what we know about the ten deaths NSW Health is reporting:

NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of 10 people with COVID-19 – six women and four men. Two people were in their 50s, four people were in their 60s, two people were in their 70s and two people were in their 80s.

Three people were from south western Sydney, three people were from western Sydney, one person was from south eastern Sydney, one person was from the Eastern Suburbs, one person was from the Wollongong area, and one person was from the Nepean Blue Mountains area.

Four people were not vaccinated, four people had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and two people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The two people who had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine both acquired their infections in aged care facilities.

A man in his 80s from western Sydney who died at Auburn Hospital acquired his infection at Hardi Aged Care Facility in Guildford. This is the fifth death linked to this outbreak.

A woman in her 80s from western Sydney who died at Campbelltown Hospital acquired her infection at Northcourt Aged Care Facility in North Paramatta. This is the first death linked to this outbreak.

A woman in her 60s from western Sydney died at Westmead Hospital. Her infection is associated with Mount Druitt Hospital. This is the second death linked to this outbreak.

Two people died at home. A man in his 60s from the Wollongong area was not vaccinated and had underlying health conditions. A woman in her 50s from the Eastern Suburbs had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. She tested positive to COVID-19 following her death.