Another two people from the Illawarra Shoalhaven have died with COVID-19, Health Minister Brad Hazzard has revealed.
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They are among 32 new deaths of people aged from their 40s to 90s reported by NSW Health on Wednesday.
Twenty-three had received at least two doses, one had one dose, and eight were not vaccinated.
NSW will make made booster vaccine doses available to people three months after their second dose, from January 21.
Dr Kerry Chant urged people to get their booster shot, saying she could not stress enough how important it was.
NSW has recorded 32,297 new positive cases: 19,847 positive PCR test results and 12,450 from rapid antigen tests.
Of the RAT results, 10,417 were from the previous seven days.
There are now 2863 patients in hospital with COVID, including 217 in intensive care, of whom 66 need ventilation.
More to come.
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