COVID-19 cases have increased by thousands in both New South Wales and Victoria, with 21,494 and 10,916 cases recorded respectively.
To compare, NSW recorded 16,199 cases yesterday, and Victoria 8739.
In NSW a further nine lives have been lost, while in Victoria five people with coronavirus died overnight.
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Hospitalisations have also trended up across the two states.
NSW has recorded 1283 hospitalisations with 53 people in ICU.
Victoria recorded 284 admissions. Of those, 33 are in ICU.
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https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1508564634588315648Tasmania has recorded 2324 COVID-19 cases.
The number is the highest so far for the state- the previous high was 2222 in January.
A total of 22 people are in hospital with the virus, though only five are being treated specifically for COVID-19 symptoms, Tasmanian Health, said.
More than 97 per cent of over 12's are fully vaccinated.
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