NSW records just 177 new COVID-19 cases, one new death

New South Wales has recorded 177 new COVID-19 cases and just one new death as the state's full vaccination rate inches towards 90 per cent.

Currently, 93.5 per cent of the NSW population aged 16 and over have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The full vaccination rate is currently sitting at 87.5 per cent.

Of the new cases, all 177 were locally acquired with one additional case detected in a traveller who arrived from overseas.

There are currently 340 people being treated with the virus in hospital, 78 of whom are in ICU.

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