Coronavirus cases Tamworth: 9 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Tamworth as region records 899

The Saturday statistics, which cover to 8pm on Friday night, record another dramatic increase in coronavirus cases.

There were nine cases in Tamworth, four in Armidale, three in Inverell and two in the Moree Plains local government areas.

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There was a single case recorded in Glen Innes, Gunnedah and Narrabri each.

Saturday's 899 cases were over 300 more than Fridays 674 cases, a jump of about a third.

New South Wales recorded 2482 cases of coronavirus in the same update.

There are 3013 active cases in the Hunter New England Health District.

13 people have been hospitalised with the virus, two of them in ICU.

The Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas recorded by far the most COVID-19 cases in the region, with 418 and 265 respectively.

Both local government areas recorded a major jump in cases from Friday, when there were 308 cases recorded in Newcastle, and 190 in Lake Macquarie.

93.3 per cent of people over the age of 16 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest NSW Health statistics.

78 per cent of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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