NSW and VIC see more COVID deaths as hospitals fill up

Another 24 Australians died of COVID in Victoria and NSW yesterday with the total number of new cases in the two most populous states exceeding 60,000:

In Victoria the number of people hospitalised continues to increase, now past the October Delta peak but no large uptick in those ventilated/ICU:

But in NSW COVID-19 hospitalisations rose by 156 new patients, bringing the total number of patients admitted for treatment to 2,186.

There are now 170 people in intensive care, up yesterday from 159.