There were nearly 59,000 people tested for the virus in the last 24 hours.
The one unlinked case was in the vicinity of other positive cases, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
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Sydney has entered a two-week lockdown.(Renee Nowytarger/Sydney Morning Herald) I want to stress that of those 18 cases, about six of them were in isolation for the entire time, Ms Berejiklian said. A number of them were in isolation for part of the time but some, unfortunately, were active in the community.
There are now 124 cases connected to the Bondi cluster, up from 110 yesterday.
Among today s cases are two students from South Coogee Public School.
28 June 2021 1:57pm
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday that while the 18 confirmed COVID cases were lower than Sunday’s 30, this did not mean that they would not “go up considerably”.
She said “the cases we are seeing today are a reflection of what may have occurred in the previous week and obviously there is a lag time on the time we are able to record these cases”.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the situation would improve once the infections were all household contacts, which wouldn’t happen until at least the end of the week.
“The restrictions came in towards the end of last week, there were other mitigations earlier on, but the cases we have now reflect exposures that occurred [last week],” Dr Chant said.
NSW reports 30 local cases bringing the Bondi cluster to 110 with numbers expected to rise; Darwin will go into a 48-hour lockdown from 1pm; Qld will tighten some rules from 6am. Follow updates here.
The new number of cases comes as residents of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour awake to their first day of lockdown.
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