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Participants in a cricket match at Ollie Webb Cricket Ground in Parramatta on 28 December, meanwhile, have been told to get tested and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result - an augmentation of prior orders.
An alert on Wednesday was also issued saying Murugan Temple in Mays Hill was visited by a COVID-positive case on New Year s Day.
NSW Health is updating its list of exposure sites across the state here.
The caseload to 8pm on Wednesday came from almost 28,000 tests. Six COVID-19 cases were uncovered in hotel quarantine.
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NSW last recorded zero new local COVID-19 cases on Monday, which was the first zero-case tally in almost three weeks.
Mr Barilaro said the upper part of the local government area would remain under stay home orders until Sunday as planned. I know you ve been doing it tough: you ve been locked down for a period of time, but that was off the back of a significant seeding event, and the transmission of COVID in that area, he said. We make these decisions to protect everyone, you, your family, the state and the nation.
Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said all close contacts of the 18-year-old road-tripping through regional NSW had tested negative.
Shoppers wearing masks in Neutral Bay on Sydney s lower north shore.
RSL, Temple Among New Sydney Venue Virus Alerts
A teenager’s summer camping trip has put several regional NSW communities on high alert after he tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 18-year-old visited the Berala BWS bottle shop in western Sydney, now the centre of a 15-strong COVID-19 cluster, on Christmas Eve.
He then travelled with friends to the regional NSW towns of Orange, Nyngan and Broken Hill almost as far as the state’s western border.
The teen’s positive result came back on Jan. 5. He’d first been alerted to the risk when received an alert from NSW Health about his bottle shop visit and developed a sniffle.
A nostalgia shop and Indian restaurant are the latest in a long list of venues to be put on high alert after a Covid-infected person visited the New South Wales south coast.
Taj Indian Restaurant in Huskisson and The Nostalgia Factory in Kangaroo Valley were both identified as potentially high risk locations on Wednesday night.
New South Wales Health advised that a person with coronavirus visited both locations on Sunday, December 27.
Diners at the Indian restaurant 4.45pm and 5.20pm must monitor for symptoms and get tested if any developed. They are also urged to self isolate.
Similarly, customers at the Kangaroo Valley gift store between 11.20am and 11.30am must monitor for symptoms and self isolate.