Liverpool Hospital and Westmead Hospital in Sydney have been hit by Covid-19
A pregnant woman tested positive on Wednesday after cesarean at Liverpool
A doctor at hospital has also tested positive, forcing non urgent surgery to stop
Nurse in Westmead Hospital has caught virus and cleaners are refusing to clean
More than 70 paramedics have been forced into isolation as close contacts
Sydney s exposure sites surged past 400 as New South Wales recorded 97 new Covid cases on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian held crisis talks about tightening Sydney s lockdown restrictions after 29 of those cases were out in the community for the entire time while infectious.
NSW Health said 49 of the infections are household contacts and 14 are close contacts. Sixty-seven (69 per cent) of the new cases were found in south-west Sydney.
Health officials also found 14 cases of Covid-19 in south-east Sydney in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and nine in the city s west.
There are now 18 patients suffering from the virus in intensive care wards across NSW and five of them are on ventilators.
Tougher lockdown flagged as cases refuse to drop
Ms Berejiklian has refused to rule out making Greater Sydney s COVID-19 lockdown even tougher, as she forecast even worse coronavirus numbers tomorrow. I am assuming because we had, in the last 24 hours, at least 29 of those 97 cases were infectious in the community, the numbers tomorrow will be greater than what we saw today, she said. We have never ever been afraid of taking the difficult decisions to make our community safe. It will be based on the health advice.
However, Ms Berejiklian expressed doubt about the necessity of requiring masks outdoors.
Masks are currently not required in Sydney while outdoors, except when unable to socially distance.(Getty)