Patients Bitten as NSW Mice Plague Grows

Dead mice are seen at a property in Coonamble in central west NSW, Australia, on Feb. 2, 2021. AAP Image/Supplied by The Coonamble Times

Patients at NSW Health facilities have been bitten by mice as a horror plague escalates in the west of the state.

Three residents or patients at facilities in Tottenham, Walgett and Gulargambone received minor bites, a spokeswoman told AAP.