Across the Western Local Health District 49 new cases were recorded in the same time period, with the other cases in Bourke (7), Orange (5), Narromine (1) and Walgett (1).

It was expected that a seventh COVID case in Bathurst that was reported yesterday morning would be included in today's figures but there was no mention of that case during this morning's 11am briefing.

In the Far West Local Health District there were six new cases in Wilcannia and one in Broken Hill.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state recorded 919 cases and two deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.

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The deaths were a woman in her 30s, reported late on Tuesday, and a man in his 80s.

There were 106 people were in isolation while infectious, 55 cases were infectious while in the community, while the isolation status of 758 cases is under investigation.

There are 645 people with COVID are in hospital and 113 in ICU.

More than 125,000 people were vaccinated, helping the state's tally rise well beyond the premier's initial 6 million target for August.

"We now have 6.1 million jabs delivered in NSW and almost one third of our population is vaccinated, it's hovering at 32% or thereabouts which is great if we keep these rates up we will hit further milestones," she said.

About 125,000 tests were taken in the community yesterday.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro stressed the importance of having higher testing numbers as cases emerge in communities that were previously unaffected.

"In most cases, even in a place like Wilcannia, don't wait for symptoms, just get tested. We want to get testing numbers up so we can get ahead of the curve," Mr Barilaro said on Monday.

"I've always argued you should just get tested, especially if you've had an exposure in your community and you've got a case in your community.

"We are happy to keep testing people. It doesn't have to be based on symptoms. You could be asymptomatic for days before you notice a case. The message should be: get tested."