Media Release

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) statistics

27 January 2022

Across NSW, more than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.9 per cent have received two doses to Tuesday 25 January 2022.

Of people aged 12 to 15, 83 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.4 per cent have received two doses. Of people aged 5 to 11, 33.1 per cent have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 15,463,827 with 4,741,026 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 10,722,801 administered by the GP network, pharmacies and other providers to 11:59pm on Tuesday 25 January 2022.

NSW Health encourages everyone who is eligible to receive a vaccination or their booster dose to book into a NSW Health vaccination clinic or another provider without delay through the COVID-19 vaccine clinic finder.

Sadly, NSW Health is reporting the deaths of 29 people with COVID-19; 19 men and 10 women.

Of the 29 people who died:

two people were aged in their 60s
eight people were aged in their 70s
13 were aged in their 80s
and six were aged in their 90s.

Older age is a significant risk factor for serious illness and death for COVID-19, particularly when combined with significant underlying health conditions.

Four people had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, 16 people had received two doses, two people have received one dose and seven people were not vaccinated.

Nine people were from south western Sydney
three people were from southern Sydney
two people were from the Northern Beaches
two people were from western Sydney
two people were from Sydney’s Inner West
two people were from south eastern Sydney
two people were from Inner Sydney
two people were from the Lake Macquarie area
one person was from northern Sydney
one person was from the Tweed area,
one person was from the Central Coast
one person was from Batemans Bay,
and one person was from the Northern Rivers area.

NSW Health expresses its sincere condolences to their loved ones. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,198.

There are currently 2,722 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, including 181 people in intensive care, 72 of whom require ventilation.

There were 17,316 positive test results (cases) notified to 8pm last night – including 7,382 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 9,934 positive PCR tests.

There has now been a total of 229,793 positive RATs recorded since reporting began on 13 January 2022. A number of previously reported positive RATs have been removed due to an ongoing process of reconciliation and deduplication.

The 9,934 positive PCR results were returned from 65,715 PCR tests. Following further investigation, 254 COVID-19 cases detected by PCR tests have been excluded and 800 cases previously reported as RAT-positive have now been confirmed as PCR-positive cases, bringing the total number of cases detected by PCR tests in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 790,947.

Of the 7,382 positive RATs reported:

958 are from Hunter New England Local Health District (LHD)
920 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD
899 are from South Western Sydney LHD,
818 are from Northern Sydney LHD
723 are from Western Sydney LHD
550 are from Sydney LHD,
405 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
378 are from Northern NSW LHD
370 are from Central Coast LHD
344 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
324 are from Mid North Coast LHD,
277 are from Murrumbidgee LHD
245 are from Western NSW LHD
113 are from Southern NSW LHD
16 are from Far West LHD
and 42 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

Of the 9,934 cases reported from PCR tests to 8pm last night:

1,453 are from Western Sydney LHD
1,379 are from South Western Sydney LHD
1,090 are from Hunter New England LHD
1,041 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD
957 are from Northern Sydney LHD
660 are from Sydney LHD
534 are from Murrumbidgee LHD
515 are from Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
507 are from Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
439 are from Western NSW LHD
407 are from Central Coast LHD
317 are from Northern NSW LHD
221 are from Southern NSW LHD
113 are from Mid North Coast LHD
37 are from correctional settings
33 are from Far West LHD
and 231 are yet to be assigned to an LHD.

There are COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit COVID-19 clinics or contact your GP.