Only a handful of Covid-19 cases in intensive care are believed to be infected with the dominant Omicron strain, with NSW Health revealing they believe it is Delta that is putting people in hospital.

Rising Covid numbers were not enough to put off Sydney’s bargain hunters on Boxing Day with thousands hitting the shops for some retail therapy.

Two people including a toddler are dead and two more are missing in four separate incidents following a horror Christmas Day on the state’s waterways. 

And anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.

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