As the Byron and Tweed shires enter their first day of a snap lockdown, NSW recorded 1035 Covid infections to 8pm last night, announced NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Additionally, NSW had five deaths in the last 24 hours, all between 50 and 80 years old. 242 Covid patients are currently in ICU, from all age groups, according to Dr Chant.
No new cases in Northern NSW have been detected in the last 24 hours.
A Sydneysider, a member of a film crew who has since been charged with breaches of Public Health Orders flew into Ballina on September 18 who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. They attended different a number of venues in Kingscliff and Byron Bay. This person is fully vaccinated.
The Premier also announced that 83 per cent of NSW have received their first dose of a COVID vaccine, and 54.2 per cent have received two doses. The double-dose percentage is likely to reach 80 per cent in mid-October, according to the Premier.
As students prepare to go back to school on October 25, a significant number of children in NSW have been vaccinated.
Minister for Digital and Customer Service, Victor Dominello, also introduced the vaccine certificate and how it will work.
Every person vaccinated will have their vaccine certificate integrated on the NSW Service app in order to make it easier when checking in a venue.
When checking in venues, ID and vaccine certificate will be visible on the same page of the NSW Service app.
The design and app are not ready yet, and Mr Dominello and his team are still working on it.
This will be implemented on October 6 for two weeks as a trial. It will be tried in regions on aged care facilities, clubs, and pubs.
For now, vaccine certificates can be found on the Medicare app and downloaded on the Google or Apple wallet.
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