New South Wales has recorded 65 local cases of Covid-19 overnight - but 28 of them were out in the community for the entire time they were infectious.
Ms Berejiklian said the drop in locally-acquired infections - down from 97 new cases on Wednesday - was a promising sign authorities may be turning the tide on the state s highly-contagious outbreak of the Delta variant.
Sydney is nearing the end of a third week of a strict stay-at-home lockdown, which was on Wednesday extended until at least July 30 to stem the spread of the virus.
There are now 73 patients across the state in hospital suffering from Covid-19 (up two from Wednesday) and 19 in intensive care (down one from Wednesday).
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