Three in a row for Bathurst as city records no new cases again

The Western NSW Local Health District overall had just seven cases to 8pm on Monday, after 10 cases in the 24-hour period before.

Cowra (one) and Mudgee (one) accounted for two of the 10 new cases.

There were also four new cases in Dubbo and one in Walgett.

YESTERDAY'S UPDATE: Another day of no new COVID cases for Bathurst

Bathurst's neighbour Lithgow, which is in a different health district, is being reported as having one new case which tested positive overnight.

Member for Bathurst Paul Toole reported that Bathurst had 263 daily tests on Monday, which is similar to the number for the past few days.

Bathurst's active case total remains at 22 and there are 32 recovered cases.

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Across NSW, the state had 1022 new locally acquired COVID cases to 8pm on Monday and there are now 244 cases in intensive care and 118 requiring ventilators.

There were 10 deaths in the 24-hour reporting period, all of them in Sydney.

The NSW Government says the state is now up to 53 per cent double doses and 82.5 per cent first dose.

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