New South Wales has recorded 35 new Covid cases on Saturday as the Bondi cluster grows to 261.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the cases in a press conference on Saturday morning after 56,331 people were tested.
The 35 new cases are the highest number of infections recorded in a single day since the initial outbreak in 2020 but the premier and her Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the green shoots are there . We are relieved, the cases are not as bad as they could have been, Ms Berejiklian said.
Greater Sydney remains in lockdown until Friday but there are still fears it will be extended as sewage testing shows the virus is in south-west and western Sydney despite no known cases being recorded there.
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A man has died following a two-vehicle crash on Sydney’s Northern Beaches earlier today.
Just before 9am (Sunday 11 March 2021), emergency services were called to Barrenjoey Road, near Surf Road, Palm Beach, following reports a truck and a motorcycle collided.
The rider, a 46-year-old man, was thrown from his motorcycle and died at the scene.
The truck driver, a 29-year-old Queensland man, was not injured and taken to Northern Beaches Hospital where he underwent mandatory testing. He was arrested at the hospital and taken to Manly Police Station where he is assisting with inquiries.
Officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command established a crime scene which has been forensically examined.
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