New South Wales has reported 52 deaths and 13,524 cases of Covid-19.

The reported cases include 6032 positive RAT tests and 7492 positive PCR tests in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

There are 2663 people with COVID-19 in hospital today, including 182 patients in ICU.

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More than 95 per cent of people over 16 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 94 per cent of people over 16 have had two doses.

Meanwhile, 38.8 per cent of people have had three doses.

NSW Health said this includes both immunocompromised people who have received a third dose and all people over aged 18 who have received a booster.

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed health authorities have detected a new sub-variant of Omicron known as BA.2.

"We have had four sequences identified as BA.2," Dr Chant said.

"For clarity, this is a sub-lineage, a breakaway subvariant from the Omicron variant.

"We know that it is circulating in countries and we have seen it grow significantly, so for instance in Denmark it is now the dominant over BA.1.

"We are seeing its prevalence, the proportion of BA.1 grow in some other countries so we think it may have some growth advantage over the BA.1, the original Omicron, but at the moment we don't see that it is presenting anything different clinically in terms of the severity or its response to vaccine.

"We'll obviously be watchful (and) monitor the situation closely."

Victoria records 10,589 new cases and 20 additional deaths

Victoria has recorded 10,589 new cases of COVID-19 overnight and 20 more people have died with the virus.

Of the positive cases, 6,110 were the result of rapid antigen tests while 4,479 came from traditional PCR testing.

There are now just over 78,000 active cases of the virus in Victoria.

A total of 38 per cent of Victorians aged over 18 have received their booster shot while 93 per cent of residents aged over 12 have had at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

https://twitter.com/VicGovDH/status/1487545853011058688

Australian Capital Territory records 584 new cases

The Australian Capital Territory has recorded 584 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths.

This includes 377 positive PCR test results and 207 positive rapid antigen test results.

There are 62 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including three people in ICU.

https://twitter.com/ACTHealth/status/1487579021437112322

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