NSW records worst daily Covid total and apologises for booking blunder as ACT defers lockdown decision
by Lisa Cox from on (#5NWBP)
NSW Ambulance service says it has been unable to keep up with demand after trivial call-outs
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New South Wales has reported another record number of new Covid cases as the state's ambulance service warned it was being overwhelmed with calls.
The state's 1,035 new cases was the worst daily total for any Australian state or territory since the coronavirus pandemic began. There were two deaths, a woman in her 70s from the Nepean Blue Mountains district and a woman in her 80s who died at Westmead hospital.
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