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by Bella Fowler and Lauren McMah
28th Dec 2020 7:54 AM
| Updated:
30th Dec 2020
10:16 AM
New South Wales has recorded 18 new cases of coronavirus in the past day - a worrying surge in numbers compared to recent days - and a new cluster has been declared.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian described an outbreak in Croydon in Sydney's inner-west as "concerning", with six cases recorded so far. There have also been a further two infections in Wollongong, 120km south of Sydney.
A series of mystery cases, the source of which can't be determined, continue to worry health authorities also.
Ms Berejiklian pleaded for anyone in the state with even the mildest of symptoms to come forward for testing in a bid to get on top of the outbreak.