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The man contracted the virus earlier this month while an inpatient at Nepean Hospital in Kingswood.
A Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District spokesperson said the death was the third linked to a previously reported outbreak at the hospital.
“Nepean Hospital extends its deepest sympathies to his family and friends,” the spokesperson said, in a statement issued on Thursday evening.
A Current Affair reported last week that an outbreak in the hospital had infected 38 staff and patients. It’s unclear which ward the man in his 60s was in when he was exposed to the coronavirus.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said a man in his 30s from Western Sydney, a man in his 60s from Western Sydney and a man in his 80s had died between August 17 and August 21.
Dr Chant warned NSW coronavirus cases might not have reached their peak.
“The factors that go into that model is how we’re adhering to the mobility restrictions, how we’re individually behaving,” she said.
“We have seen some deterioration in some of those metrics because people are obviously feeling so tired and frustrated with the length and duration of the restrictions.”
Source: 9News
