27 Jun 2021

Covid-19: NSW records 30 new cases on first full day of lockdown

2:21 pm on 27 June 2021

New South Wales has recorded 30 new Covid-19 community cases including a person who attended a vaccination centre at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: Police officers walk past The Sydney Opera House during the first day of lockdown in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, June 26, 2021.

Police officers on patrol near the Sydney Opera House during the city's lockdown. Photo: AFP

Eleven of the cases were in isolation during their infectious period.

A total of 11 cases have now been linked to the Great Ocean seafood outlet in Marrickville in Sydney's inner west.

The Bondi cluster now stands at 110, with a further two cases still under investigation.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the number of cases would likely increase this week.

"We do anticipate that in the next few days, case numbers are likely to increase even beyond what we have seen today because we are seeing that people in isolation, unfortunately, would have already transmitted to all their house contacts," she said.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: A woman wearing mask walks at partially empty Sydney Central Business District during the first day of lockdown in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, June 26, 2021.

A woman walks through the Sydney CBB as the lockdown took effect. Photo: AFP

One case included a person who attended the Covid-19 vaccination centre at Westmead Hospital on Monday.

Overnight the state recorded 55,048 tests, while one of the previously reported positive cases was moved to an intensive care unit but is not on a ventilator.

Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong, and Shellharbour have been in lockdown since 6pm last night.

Berejiklian told a media briefing that the government is working on a package to provide support to businesses and that "will be announced in the next few days".

Northern Territory has announced four new community cases today.

- ABC

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