Australia will remain a divided nation with the vast mining state of Western Australia cancelling plans to reopen its borders on Feb 5, citing health risks from a surge in the Omicron COVID-19 variant in eastern states.

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Australia's most populous state New South Wales on Friday (Jan 21) reported its deadliest day of the pandemic

New South Wales reported 46 deaths of patients with COVID-19 including one infant, while Victoria state saw 20 lives lost. Yet, a drop in hospitalisations in both states did offer hope the latest outbreak might have peaked.

All states and territories, except Western Australia, have reopened their internal borders under a policy of living with COVID-19, despite a record surge in cases. Western Australia was to follow suit next month.

However, Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan made a shock announcement late on Thursday saying it would be "reckless and irresponsible" to open up given the rapid spread of Omicron.

Instead, reopening would be delayed indefinitely or at least until the percentage of triple dose vaccinations reached 80 per cent. It is currently around 26 per cent.

"If we proceeded with the original plan, we would be deliberately seeding thousands upon thousands of COVID cases into WA and at this point in time that is not what I am going to do," McGowan told reporters.