NSW on Wednesday added 17 cases to its coronavirus case tally on Wednesday, with one in hotel quarantine.
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All but one have been linked to known clusters.
They include eight linked to the Sydney CBD cluster, six linked to St Paul's College Greystanes, one linked to Liverpool Hospital, the hotel quarantine case and one locally acquired without a known source.
The CBD case now has 40 associated cases.
NSW Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the latest cases meant the state had 75 active COVID cases and five who are ventilated.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the worst fears for Victoria's second wave spreading north had not eventuated, urging optimism for the road ahead.
No Hunter areas are included on the lists of localities where people should monitor for symptoms or seek immediate testing.
Residents are urged to get tested with even mild symptoms in several local government areas including:
- Bankstown (suburb)
- Cumberland LGA
- Fairfield LGA
- Ku-ring-gai LGA
- Liverpool LGA
- Mt Druitt (suburb)
- Parramatta LGA
- Randwick LGA
- Sutherland LGA
- Sydney LGA - eastern part: includes the suburbs Sydney, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay, Centennial Park
- Waverley LGA
- Willoughby LGA
- Woollahra LGA
NSW Health urges anyone around to self-isolate and seek testing immediately if you attended the following parts of Sydney:
- Bus route X39 Thursday 20 August, departure: 6:08pm from Pitt Street opposite Australia Square; arrival: 6:40pm at Clovelly Road and Carrington Road, Randwick. Passengers should immediately self-isolate for 14 days since the bus journey (until midnight on 3 September) and be tested for COVID-19 regardless of symptoms.
- Caringbah: Highfield Caringbah 6pm to 8:30pm on Saturday 22 AugustSelf-isolate and get tested immediately if you were at this location for more than two hours at this time and date.Other patrons at this location for less than two hours at this time and date are casual contacts and should monitor for symptoms.
- Hunters Hill: Hunters Hill Bowling Club (indoor dining room) 12pm to 2pm on Sunday 23 AugustPeople who attended other areas of the club should monitor for symptoms and if they develop, get tested right away and self-isolate.
- Marrickville: Anytime Fitness 7pm to 8pm on Monday 24 AugustAnyone at the gym at this time is considered a close contact and is required to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and self-isolatefor 14 days until 7 September.
- Newtown: It's Time for Thai restaurant 5pm to 8pm on Friday 28 August
- Randwick: Fitness First 3:30pm to 4:15pm on Sunday 23 August. Anyone who visited the weights room at the gym at this time is considered a close contact and is required to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and self-isolate for 14 days until 6 September
- Sydney: City Tattersalls Club Fitness Centre, 8am to 2pm on Wednesday 19 August; 8am to 2pm on Friday 21 August including Aqua Aerobics from 10am to 10:45am, Stretch Class from 11am to 11:50am, Pump Class from 12:15pm to 1pm; 8am to 2pm on Sunday 23 August; 8am to 2pm on Monday 24 August; 8am to 2pm on Tuesday 25 August. Other members of City Tattersalls should get tested if they have even the mildest symptoms. Anyone who attended the Club between Tuesday 4 August and Tuesday 18 August 2020 should get tested for COVID-19, regardless of symptoms, and self-isolate until a negative test result is received. If you receive a negative result, you can leave isolation.
- Zetland: Virgin Gym People who attended the Active Dance class at 7:40pm on Monday 24 August 3:30pm to 4:15pm on Sunday 23 August Anyone who visited the weights room at the gym at this time is considered a close contact and is required to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and self-isolate for 14 days until 6 September
Wednesday's tally added to the 3874 cases recorded by Tuesday, when the number rose by 13.
Tuesday's figures were announced while Premier Gladys Berejiklian was at a press conference in Albury, where she confirmed an easing of restrictions on the NSW and Victorian border. A 50-kilometre border zone will be implemented from Friday, allowing residents to cross with greater ease.
She described the border closure between states as a "decision of last resort".
"Pandemics are far from perfection when it comes to having to make decisions quickly and can I tell you, hand on heart, that one of the most difficult decisions I've made personally and the government has made during this pandemic has been closing the NSW-Victorian border," she said.
"Pleasingly having obviously heard the sustained concerns of the community and seeing the rates of infection... decline, from this Friday this border will be extended.
"From Friday, life will be much easier and less stressful for people on the border."
Restrictions have been in place on the NSW-Victoria border since early July.
There were 14,815 COVID-19 tests in NSW reported in the 24-hour reporting period to Tuesday, compared with 14,232 in the previous 24 hours.
Of the 13 new cases to 8pm Tuesday night:
- Two were returned travellers in hotel quarantine
- Eleven were locally acquired and linked to a known case or cluster
Seven new cases were linked to the August Sydney CBD cluster. Of these:
- Two work at Reddam Early Learning Centre Lindfield
- One visited Tattersalls City Gym
- Two were household contacts of previous cases
- Two were close contacts of previous cases
There is now a total of 41 cases associated with the Sydney CBD cluster. One new case is linked to cases at the Liverpool Hospital.
Three new cases attend St Paul's Catholic College Greystanes. All Year 10 students at St Paul's Greystanes have been identified as close contacts and directed to get tested and isolate for 14 days. The school will remain closed for onsite learning while contact tracing is under way. The source of the original case at St Paul's is still under investigation.
As two more staff at Reddam Early Learning Centre Lindfield have now tested positive, all staff and children who attended the centre have been declared as close contacts and instructed to get tested and isolate for 14 days. The centre remains closed.
NSW Health is treating 73 COVID-19 cases, including six in intensive care and three who are ventilated. Eighty-six per cent of cases being treated by NSW Health are in non-acute, out-of-hospital care.
Cases attended the following venues. Anyone who dined at the following venue is considered a close contact and must immediately get tested for COVID-19 regardless of symptoms and isolate for a full 14 days since attending, even if the test result is negative:
- It's Time for Thai restaurant, 233 Kings Street, Newtown on 28 August 2020 between 5:00 - 8:00pm
Anyone who attended the following venues or public transport is considered a casual contact of a case and must monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they develop. After testing, you must remain in isolation until a negative test result is received:
- Kmart, Aldi, Coles and the food court at Warriewood Square shopping centre on 29 August between 12:30 - 2:30pm
- Newtown Train Station, King Street Newtown 2042 on 28 August 2020 between 5.10pm - 5.20pm
- BWS bottle shop, 123 King Street, Newtown on 28 August 2020 between 5.15pm - 5.40pm
- Off Ya Tree clothing and body piercing store, 225 King Street, Newtown on 28 August 2020 between 7.15 - 7.55pm
- Rydges Camperdown hotel, 9 Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050 on 29 August 2020 between 2.00-3.15pm
- Blacktown to City train: 25 August departed Blacktown 6.58am, arrived Central 7.45am
- Blacktown to City train: 26 August departed Blacktown 6.59am, arrived Central 7.41am
- City to Blacktown train: 25 August departed Townhall 6:25pm, arrived Blacktown 7.18pm
- City to Blacktown train: 26 August departed Wynyard 6:38pm, arrived Blacktown 7:35pm
- 440 bus: 25 August departed Central Station, Eddy Ave, Stand B 7.54am; arrived Oxford St at West St 8:05am
- 311 bus: 26 August departed Central Station, Eddy Ave, Stand B 7:48am; arrived Darlinghurst Rd at Burton St 7.58am
- 389 bus: 25 August departed St Vincent's Hospital, Burton St, 4:12pm; arrived Town Hall Station, Park, St Stand J 4:23pm
- 389 bus: 26 August departed St Vincent's Hospital, Burton St, 4.07pm; arrived Town Hall Station, Park St, Stand J, 4.23pm
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