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Hunter COVID-19 death toll rises by two as HNELHD records 3,410 cases

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The Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) has devastatingly reported another two COVID-19 related deaths.

A man in his 80s from the Port Stephens area and another man in his 50s from Lake Macquarie passed away with the virus.

It comes as the region recorded 3,410 new cases, meaning there are now 27,168 active infections across the district.

One hundred and one people are in our hospitals, with 10 requiring care in ICU.

Of the new cases, Newcastle recorded 828, Lake Macquarie added 680 while Maitland discovered 488.

Infections are also increasing in Port Stephens (322), Cessnock (204), Singleton (57), Muswellbrook (33), Dungog (25) and the Upper Hunter (13).

The remaining detections are in the Mid Coast (309), Tamworth Regional (211), Inverell (72), Moree Plains (70), Gunnedah (39), Armidale Regional (36), Uralla (seven), Liverpool Plains (six), Narrabri (five), Glen Innes (two), Walcha (two) and Gwydir LGAs.

NSW as a whole set a new record for its deadliest day with 21 COVID-19 related deaths and another 34,759 new cases.

The grim milestone comes only two days after the previous record – the 18 deaths reported Monday – and as the number of people hospitalised with the virus continues to rise.

Some 2,242 people are in hospital with COVID-19 across NSW, 175 of them in intensive care.

The new cases were diagnosed from 134,411 PCR tests on Tuesday, meaning one in four people tested returned a positive result.

However, health officials suspect the true number of infections is higher, with NSW residents still unable to report results from positive rapid antigen tests.

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