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Live Breaking News: New freedom coming for NSW as six million vaccination target met

NSW is facing another bleak day of exploding case numbers, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirming another 753 new cases overnight.

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6:23AMAugust 24, 2021.
Updated 12:28PMAugust 24, 2021
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NSW records 753 new local COVID cases as state hits 6 million jab mark

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had some words of caution for those who might see today's slight drop in case numbers as a sign the crisis is on its way out.

"We always say there is no way you can get a trend from a day," she said.

"What we are focused on is, I don’t want people to ride the rollercoaster of emotions on the case numbers every day.

"Let’s focus on the vaccine rates because that is what will determine how we can live moving forward."

However, there is some good news for the embattled state, with the six million vaccination target already met and Pfizer jabs opening for thousands more young people in Sydney from today.

Read on for the latest NSW Covid news and updates. You can find our Victorian Covid blog here.

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Alexis Carey
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Alexis Carey has been a reporter for more than 10 years, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communications from the University of Sydney in 2009 before landing a role at her local paper in Griffith, NSW. Alexis has since worked for NewsCorp Australia's local news titles and at the Mamamia Women's Network before taking a career break to travel. She joined news.com.au in 2017 as a finance reporter and then finance editor before joining the news team in 2020.

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