Asthma, obesity and diabetes are among the several health conditions young people were living with before they died while infected with Covid in NSW. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant revealed a coroner had reviewed the deaths of 28 people who had died with Covid over the past week. The people were aged under 65 and had died while infected with the virus between January 15 and 21. Some 24 of them were living with health conditions that ranged from mild, everyday ailments to life-threatening illnesses. Asthma, obesity and diabetes are among the several health conditions young people were living with before they died while infected with Covid in NSW (pictured, Sydneysiders running at Centennial Park) Speaking at a press conference on Friday, chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant revealed the deaths of 28 people who had died with Covid over the past week had been reviewed by the coroner Ten had significant heart or valvular disease, six had chronic lung disease, six were living with kidney disease, two with significant rheumatological diseases and three with autoimmune diseases. In a shocking twist, a large portion of patients were living with less debilitating conditions with six suffering from obesity, two living with asthma and seven with diabetes. Dr Chant revealed 13 of the victims were not vaccinated with just one person receiving their first dose. 'So this illustrates that while over 90 per cent of the population and all of the aged cohorts have received two doses, almost half of the deaths are amongst younger people or occurring in those that are not vaccinated,' she said. 'So my key message is, if you are under 65, think that your health conditions are not severe or you are not can have severe disease, think again.' Authorities have also confirmed an eight-week old baby died from Covid-19. A Hunter New England Health spokesperson said the baby died in December. Their death has been referred to a coroner for investigation. NSW reported 25,168 new cases and 46 deaths on Friday, a new deadliest day of the pandemic that brings the NSW death toll to 1024. More than a quarter of the deaths have occurred in the last two weeks, during which 324 people died with COVID-19. Dr Chant revealed 13 of the victims were not vaccinated with just one person receiving their first dose (pictured, Sydneysiders visiting a cafe) Dr Chant also warned that high death rates would continue in NSW despite cases declining. 'There is a significant lag between cases being identified to when we see them get hospitalised, and then also flow through tragically, a small number, into deaths,' she said. 'That is the cycle and therefore in this outbreak as in previous outbreaks, we expect to see a lag of two or three weeks.' There are 'promising' signs the state is past the worst of the outbreak, but the state's plateauing case numbers won't be reflected in its death toll for some time, Deakin University epidemiologist Catherine Bennett said. While case numbers are unlikely to drop rapidly, as you would expect with a peak, Prof Bennett says they seem to have plateaued. 'It's really complicated because of the changes to testing protocols and availability of testing has been a problem,' she said. 'But all the indicators, while none of them are truly reliable and they've all shifted around... are looking good.' However, the number of people becoming seriously ill and dying with the virus may not drop for weeks, she says. Hospitalisations dropped again to 2743 on Friday, after falling for the first time since December 13 on Thursday. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility