COVID UPDATE: Cases drop to 298, hospital numbers stabilise

298 new covid cases were confirmed in the Northern Rivers in the past 24 hours.

These were in the LGAs:

Richmond Valley 23

Kyogle 7

Ballina 28

Byron 37

Clarence Valley 60

Lismore 42

Tweed Heads 101

There are 38 covid patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with four of these in ICU.

There were 6,686 new cases reported in NSW in the past 24 hours.

22 people died from covid in the same reporting period.

There are 1,614 covid patients in hospitals across NSW with 93 people in ICU.