New South Wales (NSW) recorded 77 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday (local time) and one fatality.
The Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge are reflected in the window of a closed restaurant at Milson's Point, during lockdown in Sydney
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Thirty-three of the cases have been out in the community while infectious.
NSW Health confirmed a woman in her 90s from south west Sydney died yesterday at Liverpool Hospital.
It is the first Covid death in NSW since December 2020.
She was a close contact of a locally acquired case and was tested for Covid-19 on Friday, returning a positive result early yesterday morning.