The announcement comes as the Western Local Area Health District records it's third worst day this month, with 43 new cases across the region.

Of those cases there were eight in the Dubbo LGA, which included four in Wellington and four in Dubbo.

In other LGA's there were three in Bathurst, seven in Bourke, three in Walgett, two in Narromine, one in Mudgee, one in Gulgong, six in Cowra and 12 in Oberon.

Dubbo was included in the extension of the stay-at-home orders, as was Bathurst Regional, Bourke, Central Coast, City of Cessnock, Dubbo Regional, Eurobodalla, Goulburn Mulwaree, Kiama, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Lithgow, City of Maitland, City of Newcastle, Port Stephens, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven, and Wingecarribee.

Stay-at-home orders will be lifted, as scheduled, from tomorrow, Friday 1 October, for Mid-Western Regional, Hilltops and Walgett LGAs.

For the Central Darling Shire Council, stay-at-home orders will be lifted from tomorrow, with the exceptions of Wilcannia and Menindee. Stay-at-home orders will be extended in Menindee for a further seven days and in Wilcannia until 11 October.

Across the state NSW has recorded more than 900 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian also reaffirmed that restrictions would begin to ease on October 11.

Some freedoms could arrive earlier than December 1, Ms Berejiklian said, instead being bundled into the 80 per cent milestone expected to arrive in late October.

However, the premier did not elaborate.

"They won't be major things but there will be tweaks," Ms Berejiklian said.

NSW hit 86.7 per cent first doses, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said, with 62.9 per cent double dosed.

Ms Berejiklian said the state would "definitely" hit 70 per cent by October 11, as expected.

47.6 per cent of 12 to 16 year olds have also received a first dose.

"These vaccine rates are continuing at good pace," Ms Berejiklian said.

The state's regional areas have also been put on notice due to increasing cases numbers.

"We are seeing a rise in cases in our regional areas," NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said.

"Again in Hunter we are seeing an increase in cases."

NSW recorded 941 cases in Thursday's update.

Six people died with COVID in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday, four men and two women.

NSW Health said four were unvaccinated, while two had received just one dose of a vaccine.

Three were in their 70s, two in their 80s and one in their 90s.

"Two people were from south western Sydney, one person was from Sydney's inner west, one person was from western Sydney, one person was from south eastern Sydney, and one person was from north western Sydney," NSW Health said in a statement.

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