NSW spent $7.5 billion on pandemic

NSW spent $7.5 billion in its response to COVID-19, funded largely by borrowing. (AAP)

NSW spent $7.5 billion responding to COVID-19, funded largely by borrowing, but underspent on personal protective equipment and overspent on faulty imported masks and ventilators, a report says.

The breakdown of costs compiled in the 38-page report by the Auditor General on Friday covered the period from January 2020, when the first virus cases appeared in the state, until June 2021.