New South Wales has recorded 20,148 new cases and 30 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours.
There are now 2762 infected people in hospitals across the state, 204 of them in intensive care.
Almost 94 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated.
Of the 8566 positive RAT results, 7687 of these positive tests were from the previous seven days.
It comes after retailers caught inflating the prices of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests risk substantial fines or prison time as the nationwide shortage of the kits continues.