COVID-19 update: NSW records 38 local cases as three LGAs remain on high alert
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the largest daily number of local COVID cases in her state this year, the day after she revealed Greater Sydney s lockdown would be extended for another week.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 8, 2021 - 11:35AM
New South Wales has recorded 38 new coronavirus cases - the highest number of local infections in the state this year - after Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned figures would rise following community transmission in south-west Sydney.
Ms Berejiklian announced the spike in locally acquired infections on Thursday, the day after she revealed Sydney’s two-week lockdown would be extended for another week until 11.59pm on July 16.
Thousands more Sydneysiders will qualify for a $500 lockdown payment after the requirements were relaxed.
Greater Sydney residents who lose more than 20 hours of work a week can claim a one-off $500 disaster payment from the federal government while those who lose fewer than 20 hours can claim $325.
Previously only people with less than $10,000 in their bank accounts could apply for the payment, but this requirement has been removed for lockdowns around the country that go on for more than three weeks.
Lockdown for eastern Sydney will hit the three-week mark on Friday and workers in the rest of the city will qualify on Sunday.
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Police will crack down on virus-hit areas of south-west Sydney from Friday
More than 100 extra police officers will surge into the area beginning at 7am
Overnight, NSW reported its highest number of daily cases - 38 - in a year
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