NSW records four more coronavirus deaths as authorities warn young people ‘to take disease seriously’

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard confirmed four men, aged between their 60s and 90s, have died due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 overnight, with three of the four deaths linked to the ill-fated Ruby Princess. The deaths bring the state’s death toll to 16. A 91-year-old man, an 80-year-old man, a 76-year-old man and a 61-year-old man died overnight while 39 people are in the ICU with 23 are on ventilators. Minister Hazard warned 26 per cent of cases involve people under the age of 29. “Out of the 2,580 cases that we have in New South Wales at the moment, there are 565 people under the age of 29. That's 26 per cent, that's about quarter of all the cases in New South Wales are people under 29,” he said. "There's 105 cases of under 19. Take it seriously is my message to young people. Take it very seriously."

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