New South Wales recorded 10 new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday including only one mystery case
Five of the cases were directly linked to the Avalon cluster, three were members of the Croydon cluster
There were 27,894 tests reported to 8pm on Thursday night, up from the previous day s total of 17,267
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has tightened rules for NYE, restricting home visitors to five and gatherings to 30
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New South Wales has recorded 18 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases with more than 17,000 people coming forward to get tested in the last 24 hours.
Nine of the new cases are linked to the Avalon cluster, bringing the total for that cluster to 138.
Another six locally acquired cases are related to a cluster in Sydney s Inner West referred to as the Croydon cluster. Thirty four close contacts have already been contacted. All six are members of the same family, extended family group. And we anticipate because of the nature of that extended family s movements that there will be more cases from that cluster, Ms Berejiklian said.
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NSW health authorities are scrambling to source three COVID-19 cases diagnosed without an immediate link to Sydney s Northern Beaches cluster.
One of the three COVID-19 cases diagnosed in NSW after 8pm on Monday lives in Wollongong on the state s south coast, though they had recently visited Sydney. The others live in Sydney s inner west and north.
.@NSWHealth has been notified of a number of new and updated venues attended by confirmed cases of #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/hWUkiZFngG NSW Health (@NSWHealth) December 29, 2020
Close-contact health alerts were subsequently issued on Tuesday afternoon for two Greek Orthodox churches in Wollongong on 27 December - St Nektarios Church and The Holy Cross Church.