One new COVID case in Bathurst, 372 across NSW

Health officials say the new Bathurst case, included in this morning's figures, had not been infectious in the community.

There are currently just nine people across the Bathurst local government area receiving treatment for COVID-19 while a total of 65 people have recovered from the virus since the start of the latest outbreak.

Across the Western NSW Local Health District there were just two new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday, including the single Bathurst case and one case in Orange that remains under investigation.

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Across NSW, case numbers have jumped back over 300 after two days below that mark, with one death added to the state's COVID-19 toll.

Two new international arrivals joined 372 locally acquired COVID-19 infections, taking the state's 24-hour total to 374.Across the state 124 people are in intensive care, with 523 people requiring treatment in hospital.

First doses of vaccine have hit 92.5 per cent in adults, while the double vaccination percentage has climbed to 82.3 per cent.

NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant has indicated she will be particularly interested in next week's case numbers as an indicator of how much the end of lockdown has influenced the spread of the virus in NSW.

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