Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a near doubling of its daily Covid-19 case tally Wednesday with 11,201 new infections — up from 6,602 the previous day.
Most of the cases were found in state capital Sydney.
Three new deaths were also announced by NSW Health in its Wednesday statement.
“There are currently 625 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 61 people in intensive care, 23 of whom require ventilation,” NSW Health said.
Speaking to Sydney radio station 2GB Tuesday NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet defended his decision to relax restrictions earlier this month, including reintroducing broad freedoms for unvaccinated people.
“We’ve always said as we open up, case numbers will increase,” Perrottet said. “These are the difficulties we’ll go through.”
“I think NSW, despite this, is in a very strong position, and I’m very confident about 2022,” Perrottet added.
