Jimboomba Times

NSW records 9995 COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths on February 17, 2022

Kim Chappell
Updated February 17 2022 - 2:12pm, first published 9:00am

NSW has recorded 9,995 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in the 24 hours to 4pm.

There are 1447 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 92 in ICU.

Hospitalisation numbers are down on yesterday, when 1478 patients were being cared for in hospitals while ICU numbers are steady, remaining at 92.

Of the new cases, 5747 came from positive rapid antigen tests while 4248 came from PCR testing.

The state's population aged 16 years and over is 94.2 per cent double vaccinated, while 95.6 per cent have had their first COVID-19 vaccine shot.

49.7 per cent have had their third dose of vaccine.

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Those aged between 12 and 15 years are 78.9 per cent double vaccinated, while 83.5 per cent have had their first dose.

Of those aged 5 to 11 years old, 46 per cent have had their first vaccine dose.

NSW Health will release further details of today's cases at 11am.

Photo: File
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Kim Chappell

Kim Chappell

Senior Producer - Digital

As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.