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NSW reported 21,030 new Covid-19 cases and 29 deaths on Wednesday - though the numbers of patients with serious symptoms in ICU has dropped from 183 to 175.
The state is expected to report its one millionth coronavirus case of the pandemic, two years after the first cases were recorded in Australia.
Half of those cases were added in the last two weeks and more than 90 per cent in the last two months of the Omicron wave 's ferocious spread after returning international travellers unknowingly brought the variant into the country.
On Tuesday, Mr Perrottet announced reintroduced restrictions for mask use, hospitality density limits and bans on singing and dancing, due to end on Thursday, would be extended until the end of February in a bid to suppress the spread of Omicron as children return to classrooms.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet (pictured) has assured residents hospitality and retail venues are safe to visit amid the Omicron wave
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