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New South Wales has recorded two new Covid-19 cases with face masks to be mandatory across Sydney.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Sunday face masks would be required to be worn across seven local government areas.
They include Randwick, Bayside, Canada Bay, Inner West, City of Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra.
‘You must wear a mask if you are in and around those seven local government areas,’ Ms Berejiklian said.
‘That will include things like hospitality workers, shopping, retail shopping, any interactivity where you aren’t eating or drinking, you will need to wear a mask.’
The restrictions come as Sydney’s eastern suburbs cluster grew to nine cases.
New South Wales has recorded two new Covid-19 cases with face masks to be mandatory in several suburbs
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Sunday face masks would be required to be worn across seven local government areas in Sydney
Ms Berejiklian also announced face mask rules on public transport would be extended from Greater Sydney to Wollongong and Shellharbour.
‘It is important for all of us to be on high alert, no matter where we live in particular,’ she said.
Ms Berejiklian said it was not likely further restrictions would have to be brought in.
‘At this stage, we don’t think we will need to do further than what we have announced today,’ she said.
‘I know all of us are a bit fatigued after so many months of living with COVID but we can’t drop for now.’
‘We have to make sure we aren’t complacent and have to make sure we are complying to what we are asking you to do.’
One of the new cases announced on Sunday includes a 30-year-old man who was announced by health authorities yesterday, but after the reporting period.
The Sydney man visited Bondi, Surry Hills, Westfield Bondi Junction and The Broken Drum Cafe in Fairy Meadow in the NSW Illawarra region.
The other case was a woman in her 30s who was a household contact of the man.
Ms Berejiklian also announced face mask rules on public transport would be extended from Greater Sydney to Wollongong and Shellharbour
There were 24,468 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday but Dr Chant said she would like to see more than 30,000 tests conducted on Sunday
Chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said an additional two cases in the Sutherland Shire, in southern Sydney, were also recorded after the 8pm deadline.
One was a woman in her 50s who was a close contact of a previously confirmed case while the other was a man in his 50s linked to the Salvation Army.
The cases will be included in Monday’s figures.
There were 24,468 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday but Dr Chant said she would like to see more than 30,000 tests conducted on Sunday.
‘I would like to see those numbers today exceed 30-40,000 tests,’ she said.
‘The quicker we can diagnose cases, the quicker we can get ahead of the transmission of this virus.’
Covid-19 fragments have also been detected in sewerage from the Brookland catchment- which serves parts of the central coast of New South Wales.
‘We are calling for the community to come forward for testing,’ Dr Chant said.
‘At this stage, we have not been able to identify positive cases in the catchment. We don’t have a full ability because people move around.
‘But we have not had anyone residing there that has been recently discharged from our hotel quarantine.’
More to come
Chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said an additional two cases in the Sutherland Shire, in southern Sydney, were also recorded after the 8pm deadline
Dr Chant has called for higher testing numbers: ‘The quicker we can diagnose cases, the quicker we can get ahead of the transmission of this virus’
