Vaccinations across the Western NSW Local Health District almost doubled over the past month, with 63,000 people fully vaccinated and 133,000 having received their first jab.

CEO of Western LHD Scott McLachlan says he hopes to double this again in the coming month.

New cases of COVID-19 in the Western NSW Local Health District continue to climb, with today's numbers recording 54, a new record number, up to 8pm last night.

Of these, 10 were located across the Western Plains with eight in Bourke and one each in Brewarrina and Narromine. This takes the total case numbers across the district to 615.

The list of venues of concern across the region has also been updated. The full list of exposure sites and instructions for those who were there at the listed times can be found here.

WNSWLHD Chief Executive Scott McLachlan said 14 of the cases had been infectious in the community, including those in Bourke and Narromine, citing further need for all communities to get tested if they display any signs and symptoms, however mild.

"We know there's still a significant number of people in our communities with symptoms going out to the shops and other venues," Mr McLachlan said

"That is the perfect potential spreader of COVID putting people like you and me at risk."

Shift in focus

Despite the increase in positive cases, Mr McLachlan said more of a focus should be on the presence of the virus across all communities, rather than specific numbers.

"We need to assume in all of our towns, this is a risk for all of us whenever we leave our houses - it could me you, it could be the person standing next to you anywhere," he said.

"Regardless of whether it's two, five or 10 cases in your local community, the risk and what we've all got to do to keep ourselves protected is the same."

Slight increasing in testing, but still needs to be better

Mr McLachlan said testing numbers had increased slightly across the region, with about 4400 people tested in the last 24 hours, but this was still nowhere where they needed to be.

"It's a slight increase but it's still less than half than what we want to see on a daily basis," Mr McLachlan said.

People who have already been tested or vaccinated but are showing covid symptoms still need to be tested to stop the spread of the virus.

According to WNSWLHD, testing for COVID-19 is available today at each of the locations where the new cases have been identified.

The Brewarrina Multi-Purpose Health Service offers testing 24/7 while pop-up testing clinics are available at the Davidson Oval in Bourke 9am-4pm and Narromine Showground from 9.30am-2.30pm.

An updated list of testing locations across the Western Plains can be found here.

Region's vaccinations hit new record

On a more positive note, Mr McLachlan said attendance at the ADF vaccination hubs remained high and across the WNSWLHD, vaccinations recently hit a large milestone.

"Yesterday there were 1800 vaccinations across the LHD - that's taken us today to over 50,000 people that have been vaccinated across the LHD," he said.

"Across the whole of Western NSW, that takes us to 133,000 people that have had a first dose and 63,000 people who've had a second dose.

"We've seen nearly a doubling of people coming to get vaccinated in the last month - our challenge is to double that again in the next month."

Opportunities to get COVID-19 vaccinations remain widely available across the region, including at various GPs, Aboriginal Medical Services participating pharmacies and the pop-up vaccination clinics operated by WNSWLHD and the ADF.

Smaller communities more compliant

NSW Police Western Region Commander Assistant Commissioner Geoff McKechnie also provided an update on policing across the region.

He said a total of just over 100 infringement notices were recorded across the region, most of which were in larger towns.

"We're seeing that continuing trend of our smaller towns and centres doing much better surrounding compliance than our larger locations," Assistant Commissioner McKechnie said.

"I think our small towns seem to be more concerned, and from what we've seen are doing a real good job of looking after each other and looking after the people that are actually isolating.

Assistant Commissioner McKechnie also expressed his thanks to the various organisations working well with their respective emergency management committees to get a better handle of COVID in smaller communities.

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