As record downpours caused chaos across Sydney this week the deluge spread to the city s Northern Beaches where the ocean seemed to have crept into front yards.
Crippled businesses and stood-down staff will get extra payments to get them through the additional four weeks of Sydney lockdown announced by the New South Wales government on Wednesday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the lockdown had been extended to August 28, with authorities making no headway in reducing case numbers as the Delta strain of Covid-19 stubbornly circulates around south-west and western Sydney.
A further 177 cases of the virus were recorded on Wednesday, of which 46 were out in the community while infectious.
Health officials found 90 infections in south-west Sydney and 46 cases in the city s west in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday.
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NSW has reported 177 new local COVID-19 cases, a record daily case total for Sydney’s outbreak, and another person has died, the 11th death during the outbreak.
NSW Health confirmed a woman in her 90s died at Liverpool Hospital on Tuesday. NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said it was not related to the cluster at Liverpool Hospital. The woman was not vaccinated and tested positive on July 24.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at Wednesday’s press conference.
Credit:Nick Moir
“It was fairly obvious, given the way the numbers were going in the last few days, it would have not been possible for us to get out of lockdown tomorrow or Friday,” the Premier said on Wednesday.
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NSW has reported 177 new local COVID-19 cases, a record daily case total for Sydney’s outbreak, and another person has died, the 11th death during the outbreak.
NSW Health confirmed a woman in her 90s died at Liverpool Hospital on Tuesday. NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said it was not related to the cluster at Liverpool Hospital. The woman was not vaccinated and tested positive on July 24.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at Wednesday’s press conference.
Credit:Nick Moir
“It was fairly obvious, given the way the numbers were going in the last few days, it would have not been possible for us to get out of lockdown tomorrow or Friday,” the Premier said on Wednesday.