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
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New South Wales has recorded 18 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases with more than 17,000 people coming forward to get tested in the last 24 hours.
Nine of the new cases are linked to the Avalon cluster, bringing the total for that cluster to 138.
Another six locally acquired cases are related to a cluster in Sydney s Inner West referred to as the Croydon cluster. Thirty four close contacts have already been contacted. All six are members of the same family, extended family group. And we anticipate because of the nature of that extended family s movements that there will be more cases from that cluster, Ms Berejiklian said.
Two new coronavirus cases have been discovered in Wollongong, south of Sydney, leading to an urgent alert for the region.
Thousands of the city s residents already raced to get a Covid test on Tuesday afternoon after one mystery case was revealed in the area that evening.
Along with the two Wollongong cases - who are from the same household - nine of Wednesday s 18 cases are linked to the Avalon cluster in Sydney Northern Beaches.
Another six are linked to a cluster in Sydney s Inner West, and one is under investigation from northern Sydney.
A health worker tests a woman for coronavirus at a testing centre at Figtree Community Centre in Wollongong on Wednesday (pictured)
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