NSW has recorded 16 new locally acquired Covid-19 infections in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.
Medical officers walk past a sign board of Covid-19 testing center on Bondi Beach in Sydney on May 6, 2021.
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Of those, 13 were in isolation while infectious.
More than 45,000 tests were completed in the reporting period.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the next few days were absolutely critical . Whilst the numbers overnight are very encouraging compared to the previous day, we know that they still have a potential to bounce around, and we still know that the next few days are absolutely critical, Berejiklian said.
NSW records 16 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, some caught breaching lockdown rules
Health authorities say some COVID cases have been caught breaching lockdown rules and are urging people not to redouble that mistake by lying to contact tracers. 4 July 2021
Authorities are warning people to be open and honest with contact tracers â even if they ve breached lockdown rules â after NSW recorded 16 new local COVID-19 infections.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said most people were doing the right thing but contact tracers had discovered people flouting the rules. We just want people to know that we would much rather you tell us the truth without consequence, so that we can actually find all those potential cases, the Premier said.
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New South Wales has recorded 31 new local cases of COVID-19, 13 of which were infectious while out in the community.
Twenty-seven of the new cases uncovered in the 24 hours to 8pm Thursday are linked to previous infections, and 17 are household contacts.
Four of the new cases remain under investigation.
Only 11 of the 31 new cases were in isolation during their infectious period.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was relieved the case numbers were not higher, but stressed the next few days would be critical .
“This pretty much reflects the days just before, and the day when we went into lockdown,” she said.
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