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Intensive care units continue to fill with COVID patients as NSW charges towards Omicron peak

As hospitalisations reach a new high, NSW is fast approaching the same number of people in ICU as the peak of the Delta outbreak.

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A supplied image of ICU Registered Nurse Shaunagh Whelan (left) caring for a COVID-19 positive patient in the ICU of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

NSW records 20 COVID-19 deaths as it nears the peak of the Omicron outbreak

While hospitalisations are rising to record highs, the number of patients in intensive care is still below what it was during the Delta peak in September.

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NSW hospitals are now caring for 2650 COVID-19 patients with 191 in intensive care beds.

Experts hope NSW virus peak is close, support measures reintroduced

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It's hoped the Omicron wave will peak soon in NSW, where almost 2600 infected people are in hospital

Pressure mounts on NSW Health as hospitalisations climb on another deadly day

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NSW has recorded almost 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in the latest reporting period.

Child who died at home among COVID victims on NSW’s deadliest day

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Hospitalisations for COVID-19 in New South Wales rose by more than 100 overnight. File image.

Dominic Perrottet doubles down on non-negotiable date of return to school in NSW

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The NSW premier says the bulk of the rapid antigen tests on order will be available in mid-January.