NSW records 34 deaths and 20,324 new COVID-19 cases as school plan unveiled

Canberra records 694 new cases as NSW releases back to school plan

There are three people in ICU of a total 67 hospitalised cases. Two people are ventilated.

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NSW records 34 deaths and 20,324 new COVID-19 cases as school plan unveiled

There are 2712 people with COVID-19 in hospital, down from 2762 on Saturday, and 189 patients in intensive care beds, down from 204.

NSW unveils its much-anticipated back-to-school plan as state records 34 COVID-19 deaths

Students and teachers in NSW will be required to take two rapid antigen tests a week and be subjected to mask mandates when school returns for term 1.