A two-year-old girl has died after being pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in the fifth drowning in New South Wales since Christmas Day.
Emergency services were called to a property at Whian Whian, 25km north of Lismore, in NSW, at about 2.20pm on Wednesday afternoon.
The child was given CPR by family members before paramedics rushed her to Lismore Base Hospital where she was unable to be revived.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
A two-year-old girl has died after being pulled unconscious from a backyard pool (stock)
She was rushed to Lismore Base Hospital (pictured) where she was unable to be revived
The incident follows a spate of similar incidents in NSW, with five people drowning across this summer.
A 35-year-old man drowned at the newly-opened Penrith Beach, about 66km from Sydney, while paddle-boarding outside of the patrol zone on Tuesday.
A major search operation including PolAir and police divers was launched with rescue crews making the grim discovery at about 6.15pm.
A man remains missing after he ran into rough surf to rescue his two younger brothers at Congo Beach, about 10km south of Moruya, on Tuesday afternoon.
Khattab Abu Haish, 19, managed to save one of his brothers while the other was able to get himself out of the water.
A land, air and sea search resumed on Thursday after rescue crews were unable to locate the teenager on Wednesday.
Khattab Abu Haish, 19, remains missing after he ran into rough surf to rescue his two younger brothers at Congo Beach, near Moruya, on Tuesday afternoon
A land, air and sea search resumed on Thursday after rescue crews were unable to locate the teenager on Wednesday (pictured, a Toll NSW Ambulance helicopters)
Congo Beach is infamous among locals as a hazardous isolated beach, with persistent rips and often a deep longshore channel.
On Monday, two men died at beaches on the Central Coast.
A man, aged in his 80s, was pulled from waters near Copacabana Beach, southeast of Gosford, while enjoying a beach day with his family.
He is understood to have suffered a medical episode while in the surf and could not be revived despite the efforts of lifeguards and paramedics.
Just a half-hour’s drive west of Copacabana, at Umina Beach, a surfer died after being pulled from the water at about 11am.