NSW records seven new local COVID-19 cases, as testing figures reach nearly 70,000
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The NSW Premier has urged people to limit activity in Sydney s CBD on Boxing Day (Photo: AAP).
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NSW has recorded seven new local COVID-19 cases as people continue to come forward in record numbers for testing.
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There were 69,809 tests reported to 8:00pm last night
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to avoid the Boxing Day sales over concerns about CBD transmission
The Northern Territory has removed its hotspot declaration for the majority of Greater Sydney, after NSW recorded just nine new coronavirus cases today.
Northern Territory Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison said the decision to revoke the hotspot labelling was effective immediately.
Ms Manison said the removal did not include the area of Sydney s Northern Beaches.
Surfers carry their boards along the beach front at Manly on the Northern Beaches in Sydney.(AP) What I can say is that the Greater Sydney area, including the Blue Mountains along with the Central Coast, will be removed effective immediately, she told reporters today.
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Gladys Berejiklian warns we re not out of the woods as infections linked to popular CBD pub climb despite NSW recording just nine new cases - including seven on the Northern Beaches
NSW has confirmed only nine new Covid-19 cases overnight as record 60,000 residents tested in the state
Seven of the cases are linked to the Avalon cluster where the Northern Beaches outbreak was first detected
Of new confirmed cases, two remain under investigation - of which one lives in the Northern Beaches area
Despite slowing spread of cases NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged state residents to limit their mobility Really select the people you need to be there with, and space it out into the New Year, she said on Thursday
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A sports bar at Sydney s Paragon Hotel is among the venues on high alert for COVID-19 infection.
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Bondi Icebergs and a hotel in Circular Quay in Sydney s CBD are the latest venues added to the list of coronavirus exposure sites in New South Wales.
It follows the confirmation of a third CBD case and authorities are worried the containment of the outbreak to Sydney s northern beaches might be faltering. We are concerned about people who may have been infectious who went to work in the CBD and then have passed that onto other people in the CBD and those people have then passed it on in their communities, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.