The newly elected leaders of the NSW Government yesterday announced new changes to the state's roadmap to reopening beginning from next week.

The state hit the pre-determined target of a 70 per cent fully-vaccinated population yesterday (Wednesday 6 October) afternoon, meaning so called 'freedom day' will occur as scheduled on Monday 11 October.

The government has today also announced a number of changes to the new freedoms that will be available to fully-vaccinated adults from Monday.

The changes to the 70 per cent roadmap will allow up to 10 visitors - not counting children 12 and under - to a home (previously five), lift the cap on outdoor gatherings to 30 people (previously 20), and increase the cap for weddings and funerals to 100 people (previously 50).

Indoor pools, like the diving pool in Lightning Ridge, will also be re-opened for swimming lessons, squad training, lap swimming, and rehab activities.

Later, on the Monday after the state achieves 80 per cent double vaccination, further restrictions will be relaxed.

People will be allowed to have up to 20 visitors - excluding children 12 and under) to a home (previously 10), and up to 50 people will be allowed to gather outdoors (previously 20).

In addition, up to 3000 people will be allowed to attend controlled and ticketed outdoor events (previously 500) while nightclubs will be permitted to re-open for seated drinking only - no dancing - and masks will no longer be required in office buildings.

All school students across the state will also now return to on site learning with a range of COVID-safe measures in place by October 25.

Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 students who aren't already back at school will still return to face-to-face learning on October 18, with all other years now returning one week later on October 25.

Newly elected Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new "common-sense" changes would help ensure a return to normalcy as soon as possible.

“Vaccinations are the key to life returning to normal and the changes today will help family and friends reconnect, get kids back to school and get businesses back up and running sooner,” Mr Perrottet said.

“NSW is putting in the hard yards and it’s important people continue to turn out in droves to be vaccinated.”

New Deputy Premier Paul Toole also announced changes to the double-dose vaccination deadline for workers in regional areas.

He said regional workers who have received one dose would be permitted to return to their workplace from 11 October and would be given a grace period until Monday 1 November to have their second.

“This move ensures we get businesses in the regions re-open and local economies buzzing again. It's about ensuring we make this a roadmap that works for everyone,” Mr Toole said.

Chief Executive of the Western NSW Local Health District Scott McLachlan also congratulated the regions for their significant uptake in vaccination in recent weeks and months.

He said his staff had been working hard to prepare for the lifting of the lockdowns, including caring for all current and future COVID patients, but hoped residents wouldn't take their newfound freedoms for granted.

"I'm confident we have a lot of good country people out here that don't want to see COVID spread through their community," Mr McLachlan said.

"The reality is we will see further spread of COVID in our region - the things we can do to protect us from spreading further and stopping a lot of people getting crook is vaccination and people being pragmatic about how we interact and get together with other people."

Mr McLachlan also noted another change to isolation requirements which will come into effect from Monday with close contacts who are fully-vaccinated only being required to isolate for seven days rather than 14 under current restrictions.