NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is imploring people to stay at home.
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It s the highest number of new infections the state has recorded in a 24-hour reporting period in 14 months.
The source of 12 of the infections remains under investigation.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 11 of the new cases had been infectious for a number of days while out in the community. Those numbers are too high. We need to get those numbers down, Berejiklian said.
She implored Sydneysiders to stay at home. Please avoid contact with other households, please avoid visiting family and friends because you are not allowed to.
There have been suggestions south-west Sydney could be ring-fenced
Authorities have pointed to high Covid transmission in Liverpool, Bankstown
Experts say it s a tough ask without border like the northern beaches peninsula
On Thursday, NSW reported 38 new cases in the previous 24 hours to 8pm
That number is the highest jump in cases the state has seen in a year
Current advice is for south-west locals not to visit other households
COVID-19 update: NSW records 38 local cases as three LGAs remain on high alert
Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the largest daily number of local COVID cases in her state this year, the day after she revealed Greater Sydney s lockdown would be extended for another week.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 8, 2021 - 11:35AM
New South Wales has recorded 38 new coronavirus cases - the highest number of local infections in the state this year - after Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned figures would rise following community transmission in south-west Sydney.
Ms Berejiklian announced the spike in locally acquired infections on Thursday, the day after she revealed Sydney’s two-week lockdown would be extended for another week until 11.59pm on July 16.
Thousands more Sydneysiders will qualify for a $500 lockdown payment after the requirements were relaxed.
Greater Sydney residents who lose more than 20 hours of work a week can claim a one-off $500 disaster payment from the federal government while those who lose fewer than 20 hours can claim $325.
Previously only people with less than $10,000 in their bank accounts could apply for the payment, but this requirement has been removed for lockdowns around the country that go on for more than three weeks.
Lockdown for eastern Sydney will hit the three-week mark on Friday and workers in the rest of the city will qualify on Sunday.
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