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Australia Covid update: NSW records first Omicron death as cases remain high across nation
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.
Read the original article at The Guardian