New South Wales has met its highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began as the virus continues to spread in workplaces and households.
The state recorded 239 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday from more than 87,000 tests - the same number of cases reported on Thursday and the highest ever recorded in the state.
115 are linked to a known case or cluster - 92 are household contacts and 23 are close contacts - while, the source of infection for 124 cases is under investigation.
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At least 61 cases were in the community for part or all of their infectious period, and the isolation status of 98 cases is unknown.
There have now been 3,427 locally acquired cases reported since mid-June.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said in the previous 24 hours more than 82,000 people in the state had been vaccinated.
“At that rate we are vaccinating 500,000 people per week,” she told reporters.
She urged all residents to get vaccinated, saying high rates will “continue to protect our community” and help authorities “contain the spread of the virus”.
Berejiklian said “pleasingly” the new cases were not outside the main eight Sydney local government areas of concern.
“We don’t want to see the virus spread the further and we certainly don’t want to see whole households become infected because one person has brought virus into the home,” she said.
There are currently 222 people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital, with 54 people in intensive care, 25 of whom require ventilation.
The state recorded its 14th death in this current outbreak on Saturday, a man in his 60s who died at home in southwest Sydney.
Greater Sydney and surrounding regions are in lockdown until at least August 28, as health authorities battle to contain the outbreak of the virulent Delta strain.
- with AAP