NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says there were a further 87 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the state in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday.
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NSW now has a total of 2580 confirmed cases and there have been 118,863 tests done.
Of all the cases, 39 people are being treated in intensive care units at hospitals across the state, with 23 needing ventilators.
Sadly, 16 people in the state have died - with four men aged 91, 80, 76 and 61 dying overnight from COVID-19 complications from the north coast and Sydney.
On Friday afternoon, a 75-year-old man with COVID-19 passed away in Wollongong Hospital.
An Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District spokesperson said the man had been a passenger on the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region has now surpassed 100, with cases jumping to 103 on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, NSW Police Force Marine Area Command has concluded the largest maritime operation undertaken in Sydney Harbour to co-ordinate the crew movements and departure of five cruise ships
In total more than 1300 crew members, who were Foreign Nationals, were moved between the five ships in numerous tender operations, before the ships departed NSW waters to return to their home countries. Five Australian crew members elected to remain on the ships and continue to international ports.
More than 450 cases of coronavirus in NSW have been linked to cruise ships, the state's health department said last week.
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