NSW records 233 new local COVID-19 cases and two deaths, including a man in his 20s

NSW has recorded 233 new locally-acquired COVID-19 infections and two deaths – a man in his 20s from south-west Sydney and a woman in her eighties in the city’s inner west.

Of the new cases reported on Wednesday, at least 47 were infectious in the community.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the young man’s death showed how COVID-19 could be lethal and affected people of all ages.

“Unfortunately the gentleman wasn’t vaccinated, hadn’t had any dose of the vaccine,” she told reporters.

“As we understand the death happened quite suddenly.”