NSW records 36 deaths, 29,830 positive COVID-19 test results in 24 hours to 8pm on January 17, 2022
ByNick Bielby
Updated January 19 2022 - 10:34am, first published January 18 2022 - 9:00am
ByNick Bielby
Updated January 19 2022 - 10:34am, first published January 18 2022 - 9:00am
There has been another large spike in the state's COVID-19 daily death toll, as NSW Health reported on Tuesday morning that 36 people with the virus lost their lives in a single day.
It was another record for the state's deadliest day of the pandemic, more than doubling the 17 deaths recorded the previous day.
There were 29,830 positive COVID-19 tests recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Monday, the health authority said, made up of 16,067 PCR results and 13,763 rapid antigen test results.
A COVID-19 testing clinic at Wollongong last week. Picture: Anna Warr
There are 2850 people in hospital with the virus - up from 2776 in the previous 24-hour period - and 209 people in intensive care units, an extra six in a day.
Of the 13,763 positive rapid antigen test results, 11,564 were from the previous seven days.
The rapid antigen test results include some cases where an individual has taken multiple tests, or a rapid antigen test and PCR test in the same reporting period.
