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Of the 79 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 52 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD), 11 are from Sydney LHD and 10 are from South Eastern Sydney LHD. Transmission in these areas continues to be of great concern.
Eleven further cases have been recorded to 8pm last night linked to a gathering at the Meriton Suites Waterloo on Saturday 26 June. This brings the total number of cases linked to this venue to 46, seven people who attended the gathering and 39 subsequent contacts.
The majority of the 77 new locally acquired cases reported today are linked to known cases and are particularly prominent among family members, friends and other close contacts, such as work colleagues.
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Of the 44 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 21 are from south-west Sydney, eight are from south-east Sydney and seven are from western Sydney. Transmission in these areas continues to be of great concern.
Four further cases have been recorded to 8pm last night linked to a gathering at the Meriton Suites Waterloo on Saturday 26 June. These cases were contacts of people who attended the gathering and bring the total number of cases linked to this venue to 25.
One new case to 8pm last night is a non-clinical staff member at Waratah Private Hospital in Hurstville who worked for two days while infectious, on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 July.
NSW has recorded 30 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 - all linked to the Bondi cluster.
Officials have just released details from the 24 hours to 8pm
A man has been charged with sexual touching offences, after several separate incidents on public transport across the Sydney network yesterday.
About 11am, a 17-year-old girl was exiting a train at Central Railway Station when the man allegedly sexually touched her.
The girl managed to get away from him, and reported the issue to railway staff, who contacted police.
The man boarded another train, bound for Newcastle, and allegedly approached a 21-year-old woman about 11.20am, making her feel uncomfortable.
She moved away to a nearby carriage, before the man exited the train at Epping Railway Station.
The woman remained on the train and reported the incident to police at Gosford Railway Station.
23:49 EDT, 1 March 2021
A man has been charged with a series of offences after allegedly preying on four different young women in one afternoon on trains and in train station toilets.
The 26-year-old is accused of starting his spree by sexually touching a 17-year-old girl as she was getting off a train at Sydney s Central Station about 11am on Monday morning.
Police said she got away from the man before reporting what happened to station staff.
A man has been charged with a series of offences after allegedly preying on three 17-year-old girls and a 21-year-old woman in one afternoon across Sydney s train network (stock image)