More than 31 per cent of the 111,231 people tested in the latest reporting period have returned positive results for the virus,down from 32 per cent on Wednesday.
There are 1609 people in NSW hospitals with COVID-19,of whom 131 are in intensive care units.
The six deaths reported were of five men and one woman,aged in their 20s,60s,80s and 90s.
The man in his 20s,from the ACT,died at St Vincent’s Hospital. Health authorities said he had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had no known underlying health conditions.
Official case numbers may increasingly become less representative of state and territory’s infection rates after national cabinet on Wednesday agreed to remove the requirement for a PCR test to confirm a positive rapid antigen result.
There is no way for individuals to register a positive rapid antigen test with health authorities,meaning those infections will not be included in daily case numbers.