Share on Twitter New South Wales Health has re-issued an alert to passengers who boarded a Virgin Australia domestic flight, after a multiple people tested positive for COVID-19. The VA524 Virgin Australia flight departed from the Gold Coast at 1.26pm for Sydney on 26 June. READ MORE "Multiple people have tested positive for COVID-19 since travelling on this flight," the department said on Sunday evening. The communication updated an earlier alert that had urged passengers to go into isolation for a fortnight, regardless of COVID-19 test results, as they were deemed close contacts. NSW recorded 16 locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, taking the number of total infections since the start of the outbreak to 277.