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Speaking at her daily press briefing, Ms Berejiklian said while it was pleasing to see case numbers fall, the situation remains very volatile .
She stressed the importance of wearing masks at indoor public places. What is really important is for us all to do everything we can to reduce our mobility, to reduce the number of people you are mixing with to make sure you stick to the rules of the health advice that has been provided, she said.
Labor calls for crowds to be banned from SCG
NSW deputy leader Jodi Mckay is urging Premier Gladys Berejiklian to ban crowds from the test.
NSW Health reported 10 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on the last day of 2020 from 27,894 tests.
Three cases are linked to the Croydon cluster. All were extended family members of the initial six cases.
Five cases are linked to the Avalon cluster and one to a medical transport worker who most likely caught the virus from one of the COVID-positive returned travellers they were moving.
The tenth case is a man from western Sydney whose source of transmission is under investigation.
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On Thursday, Premier Gladys Berejiklian addressed the daily barrage from epidemiologists, commentators and nervous members of the general public to launch a preemptive strike against the risk of a major outbreak by implementing harsher restrictions on Greater Sydney.
New South Wales recorded 10 new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday including only one mystery case
Five of the cases were directly linked to the Avalon cluster, three were members of the Croydon cluster
There were 27,894 tests reported to 8pm on Thursday night, up from the previous day s total of 17,267
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has tightened rules for NYE, restricting home visitors to five and gatherings to 30
The NSW Premier faces increasing pressure to implement mandatory mask wearing after Victoria made them compulsory for public indoor venues from 5pm today.