Nine new deaths were recorded in the state, taking the total deaths in the latest outbreak to 162.
Australia's New South Wales reports biggest daily COVID-19 caseload
Australia's New South Wales state, the epicentre of the country's worst outbreak, reported on Friday 1,542 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, its biggest one-day rise in the pandemic, topping the previous high of 1,533 hit last week.
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