NSW records triple-digit Covid spike as new restrictions announced Tom Flanagan and Josh Dutton 17 July 2021 (See Translation in Arabic Section) The number of daily Covid-19 cases in NSW surged once again beyond 100 on Saturday as Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a tightening of restrictions. NSW has recorded a further 111 locally acquired cases, the second highest daily total of the latest outbreak, just one case lower than Monday's update of 112 infections. Another Covid-19 death was announced, the third of the outbreak. He was a man aged in his 80s living in Sydney's southwest. With infections fuelled by the highly-infectious Delta variant proving stubborn, Ms Berejiklian has moved to tighten lockdown restrictions in Greater Sydney.