Three Lake Macquarie men were among the 25 people with COVID-19 to die across NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.
Hunter New England Health was on Thursday sending its condolences to the families and friends of the men - one aged in his 60s, another in his 70s and the third in his 80s.
It came as the Hunter New England region recorded 1645 new positive PCR test results and 1266 additional positive rapid antigen test results - a total of 2911 previously unknown cases recorded during the period.
