NSW records 864 new local coronavirus cases and 15 deaths

NSW has recorded 864 new coronavirus cases just days ahead of an important vaccination milestone.

NSW has recorded 864 new local coronavirus cases and 15 deaths as an important vaccination milestone draws closer.

Five of the people who died were fully vaccinated and one person had received one dose of vaccine. The other nine were unvaccinated.

One woman in her 50s from southwestern Sydney tested positive to Covid-19 after her death.

Two people aged in their 80s and 90s in the Nepean Blue Mountains area have died after contracting the virus at their aged care homes.

More than 86 per cent of NSW residents are now partly vaccinated, and case numbers are on the decline. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

While case numbers seem to be on the decline, the number of deaths over the past week have remained high.

As of Friday morning, 87.2 per cent of NSW residents aged older than 16 have received their first dose, and 64 per cent are fully vaccinated.

It is projected 70 per cent of eligible residents in the state will have had both of their coronavirus shots by October 6.

If that’s the case, NSW will be on track to ease restrictions for those people the following Monday.

It will mean the fully vaccinated will be able to go to pubs, gyms and retail stores again, among other new freedoms.

Fully vaccinated NSW residents will enjoy eased restrictions once the state hits 70 per cent fully vaccination rates. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Of the new cases reported on Friday:

• 188 are from southwestern Sydney LHD;
• 167 are from Western Sydney LHD;
• 96 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD;
• 83 are from South East Sydney LHD;
• 69 are form Hunter New England LHD;
• 48 are from Western NSW LHD;
• 45 are from Sydney LHD;
• 44 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD;
• 36 are from Central Coash LHD;
• 35 are from Northern Sydney LHD;
• 20 are from Southern NSW LHD;
• Seven are from Far West LHD;
• Seven are from Murrumbidgee LHD;
• Five are from Northern NSW LHD;
• Three are from Mid-North Coast LHD;
• Four are in correction settings; and
• Seven yet to be assigned.

NSW Health has issued an alert after fragments of the virus were found in sewage at Hastings Point, Ballina, Quirindi, Armidale and Tamworth.

Originally published as NSW records 864 new local coronavirus cases and 15 deaths