BATHURST'S run of no new COVID cases has ended with the NSW Government's latest update.
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The city had three consecutive days of zero new cases, but added three cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
Member for Bathurst Paul Toole reported, though, that all three were household contacts.
The NSW Government's 11am update said there were 27 new cases in the Western NSW Local Health District to 8pm on Tuesday, the bulk of which were again in Dubbo (17).
Bourke had six new cases and Walgett one.
Mr Toole said there were 391 daily tests for Bathurst on Tuesday, well down on the 620 tests of the day before.
The state added 1480 new COVID cases in the 24 hours to 8pm Tuesday and now has 194 cases in intensive care and 78 of those cases requiring ventilation.
There were nine deaths in the 24-hour reporting period, one of which was a Dubbo man in his 60s who died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
A Western NSW Local Health District-Australian Defence Force walk-in vaccination clinic, which opened at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre on Monday morning and had reached capacity for its first day within its first hour, continues for the rest of the week and on Saturday.
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