Elderly Sydney man dies after contracting COVID-19 in Greek aged care home

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A man in his 80s has died after contracting COVID-19 at the Greek Orthodox Community Home for the Aged in Earlwood in southwest Sydney.

The aged care home is managed by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW.

The man was one of four deaths recorded by NSW Health on Thursday. He passed away at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

According to WA Today, the man had received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.

Of the remaining three people who died on Thursday, one was a 38-year-old woman from western Sydney who was unvaccinated and had underlying health conditions, another was an unvaccinated man in his 70s and one was a man in his 80s who was vaccinated.

This news comes as NSW recorded 249 local cases today and three more deaths.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald.

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