NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said 550 people were in hospital across the state.

On Saturday it was revealed 55 per cent of NSW residents have had their first dose of the vaccine. Almost 30 per cent were fully vaccinated.

“At this stage, if current rates of vaccination continue, NSW will get to 70 per cent double doses by the end of October and 80 per cent double doses by mid-November,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Saturday.

She also said reaching zero cases across Australia was an “impossible task”.

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