- 81.3% of people aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - 76.7% of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine - 85,403 tests - 251 total new cases - 154 people in hospital - 25 people in ICU - 0 deaths

NSW COVID-19 update – Wednesday 1 December 2021 In the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm last night: - 94.6% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - 92.5% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine

We can officially confirm the traveller who recently arrived in NSW and is isolating at home on the Central Coast has been infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern. More information:

Media release:

Case of Omicron likely on NSW Central Coast

Video of today’s update is available here:

If you are directed to get tested for COVID‑19 or self-isolate at any time, you must follow the self-isolation rules. If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested.

Everyone in these areas is urged to monitor for the onset of symptoms, and if they appear, to immediately be tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

three are from Murrumbidgee LHD and three are yet to be assigned to a LHD. NSW Health's ongoing sewage surveillance program has detected fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 in sewage samples collected from Gerringong and Gerroa, where there are no recent known cases.

10 are from Hunter New England LHD, 10 are from Northern Sydney LHD, eight are from Central Coast LHD, eight are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD, seven are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, three are from Far West LHD,

Of the 179 cases reported to 8pm last night, 41 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 22 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD, 18 are from Sydney LHD, 18 are from Western Sydney LHD, 14 are from Mid North Coast LHD, 14 are from Western NSW LHD,

NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

If you haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccination yet, please don’t delay. Even if you have had COVID-19 and recovered, you should get vaccinated.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 12,871,783 with 4,160,072 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 8,711,711 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11.59pm on Sunday 28 November 2021.

Across NSW, 94.5 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 92.4 per cent are fully vaccinated. Of the people aged 12 to 15, 81.2 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 76.5 per cent are fully vaccinated.

consistent with the current rules for unvaccinated flight crew. Anyone who has already arrived in NSW who has been in any of the eight African countries within the previous 14 days must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, and call NSW Health on 1800 943 553.

All flight crew who have been overseas during the 14-day period before their arrival in NSW must travel directly to their place of residence or accommodation and isolate for 14 days or until their departure on another flight that leaves Australia,

Any unvaccinated arrivals go directly into 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine.

All fully vaccinated travellers who have been in any other overseas country during the 14-day period before their arrival in NSW must travel directly to their place of residence or accommodation and isolate for 72 hours, pending further health advice.