NSW has recorded 19,060 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in the 24 hours to 4pm.
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There are 1090 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 29 in ICU.
Hospitalisation numbers are up on yesterday, when 1060 patients were being cared for with 32 in ICU.
Of the new cases, 11,429 came from positive rapid antigen tests while 7631 came from PCR testing.
Health authorities are warning against complacency and urging Australians to get a vaccine booster ahead of an expected future wave of COVID-19 as cases begin to increase across the country.
The state's population aged 16 years and over is 94.5 per cent double vaccinated, while 95.9 per cent have had their first COVID-19 vaccine shot.
58 per cent have had their third dose of vaccine.
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Those aged between 12 and 15 years are 79.2 per cent double vaccinated, while 83.6 per cent have had their first dose.
Of those aged 5 to 11 years old, 48.7 per cent have had their first vaccine dose.
NSW Health will release further details of today's cases at 11am.
As new cases of COVID-19 surge in NSW, the opposition says the government has allowed the rate of booster doses to fall behind other Australian states.
More than 20,000 new infections with the virus were reported on Friday as an Omicron sub-variant continues to cause uncertainty in the community.
"Quite clearly these are very, very concerning figures," opposition health spokesman Ryan Park said on Friday.
Cases are expected to double over the next month as the highly transmissible BA2 sub-variant spreads in the community, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard warned on Wednesday.
BA2 is expected to become "by far the dominant strain in NSW" within weeks, Acting Chief Health Officer Marianne Gale said.
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- with AAP