Australia Covid update: NSW records first Omicron death as cases remain high across nation
by Tory Shepherd from on (#5TCWR)
NSW reports 6,324 cases and three deaths, Victoria 1,999 cases and three deaths, 784 in Queensland, 189 in ACT and 35 in Tasmania
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New South Wales has recorded its first death linked to the Omicron variant amid a surge of Covid cases that has led to the number of people hospitalised across the state doubling in the past week.
On Monday it was revealed that a further 995 people were mistakenly sent negative test results by Sydney's St Vincent's hospital before their true result had been determined.
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