The latest figures from Western NSW Local Health District show there were just six people within the Bathurst LGA being treated for COVID-19 on Wednesday while 10 people had been released from care over the previous seven days.

Across western NSW there were seven new cases of COVID-19 identified in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday including three in Bourke, two n Dubbo, one in Wellington and one in Walgett.

Sadly, NSW Health is reporting the deaths of eight people who had COVID-19, five men and three women.

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One person was in their 20s, one person was in their 50s, two people were in their 60s, two people were in their 70s, and two people were in their 80s.

Three people were from south western Sydney, two people were from western Sydney, one person was from south eastern Sydney, one person was from Sydney's inner city, and one person was from Wellington in western NSW.

Five people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose, and two people with underlying health conditions had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Two people - a man in his 20s from western Sydney and a woman in her 80s from south eastern Sydney - died at home and tested positive to COVID-19 after their deaths.

A man in his 70s from south western Sydney died after acquiring his infection at Campbelltown Hospital. This is the fourth death linked to this outbreak.

NSW Health extends its sincere condolences to their loved ones.

NSW Health administered 22,609 COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday and has now hit the 70 per cent double dosed mark.

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