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NSW has 180 COVID cases, one death

NSW is fast approaching a first-dose COVID-19 vaccine rate of 95 per cent of adults. (AAP)

An unvaccinated Sydney woman in her 50s is the latest person to die from COVID-19 in NSW as the state records 180 new cases of the virus.

NSW Health says the woman from southwestern Sydney died at Campbelltown Hospital in the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm on Sunday.

NSW Health says there are 202 people with the virus in hospital, 30 of them in ICU and 15 ventilated.

There were 45,405 tests conducted on Sunday.

Nearly 95 per cent (94.4 per cent) of adults have had their first vaccine while 91.8 per cent of people 16 and older have had two doses.

Some 75.4 per cent of people aged 12-15 have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 81 per cent of that age group have had their first jab.

Six NSW public schools are closed on Monday due to a COVID case in the community.

Meanwhile, an alliance of health, human rights and fair-trade organisations will rally on Monday outside the Pfizer Australia office in Sydney.

The protesters are asking Pfizer - which recently announced revenue forecasts of $US36 billion ($A50 billion) from COVID-19 vaccine sales this year - to share their vaccine knowledge and to stop lobbying against changes to World Trade Organisation intellectual property rules that would allow low and lower-middle income countries to ramp-up production of vaccines and treatments.

Advocates around the world are calling for action ahead of a WTO ministerial meeting on November 29, where a temporary waiver on vaccine monopolies will be decided.

In July, a taskforce led by the WHO, the WTO, World Bank and International Monetary Fund set a clear target to vaccinate 40 per cent of people in every low and lower-middle income country by the end of the year.

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