NSW has recorded 24 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19, 17 of which are linked to previously confirmed cases.
There have now been 175 cases linked to the Bondi cluster, traced back to a limousine driver who transported an international flight crew.
The total number of cases reported since June 16 is now at 195.
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One of the cases is a 24-year-old student nurse who tested positive for the virus after working at multiple hospitals across Sydney, including Royal North Shore.
More than 100 staff and patients at that hospital and Fairfield Hospital have been tested after coming into contact with the positive case. The wards that that staff member worked at have been locked down, Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said.
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A second worker at a Sydney hospital has tested positive to COVID after a 24-year-old contracted the virus.
NSW Health on Wednesday morning revealed the initial case - a student nurse who worked at both Royal North Shore Hospital and Fairfield Hospital - tested positive to coronavirus.
A second nurse at RNS Hospital is now understood to be COVID-positive.
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Thursday said around half of the new infections were in isolation but it is a “cause of concern” the remainder were in the community.
“We can t afford to have people continue to have the virus going about their business,” she said.
The premier said Sydneysiders who are essential workers or are out of the house to buy groceries should “assume you have the virus”.
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New South Wales has recorded another 22 local cases of Covid-19 overnight
Only 11 of the cases were in isolation for the entire time they were infectious
Case since 8pm found in a student nurse who worked at two Sydney hospitals
Worked at Fairfield Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital while infectious
All of the cases though are linked to previous infections, health officials said