NSW recorded 466 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
There were 130,000 tests completed in the reporting period.
There were four COVID-related deaths in NSW overnight.
- A female in her 40s, who was not vaccinated but in palliative care, passed away at Concord Hospital.
- A male in his 70s, who was vaccinated but had pre-existing conditions, died at Liverpool Hospital.
- A male in his 80s died at Concord Hospital. He was not vaccinated.
- A female in her 70s died at Campbelltown Hospital.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian described today as the "most concerning day" of the pandemic across the state, as she announced there would most likely need to be an extension to areas included in the lockdown.
"Very concerningly, we had 466 cases of community transmission. This is the largest jump we have seen in a night. We are really extremely concerned about the situation in NSW," she said.
"At least 60 of those [infections] were in the community but that number is likely to go up given the number of cases still under investigation."
Seventy-six of the cases were in isolation throughout their infectious periods and 19 were only in isolation for part of their infectious period, while 68 people were infectious in the community.
There are currently 378 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 64 people in intensive care, 29 of whom require ventilation.
There were 26 new cases in Western NSW (Dubbo and surrounding communities) and 16 new cases in Hunter New England.
NSW Police will launch Operation Stay at Home on Sunday at midnight with the support of 500 extra ADF officers.
Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said movement around Greater Sydney was "still way too high", prompting him to request a bolstering of the penalties.
Fines for breaching the health orders have been increased as follows:
- $5,000 fine for breaching home quarantine
- $5,000 fine for lying on a permit
- $5,000 fine for lying to a contact tracer
- $3,000 fine for breaching the two person exercise rule
- $3,000 fine for breaching rules around going into regional NSW
Commissioner Fuller said the fines were "the biggest I've ever seen" and police would start handing them out from today.
The Premier announced tighter guidelines after a crisis meeting of NSW Cabinet last night, including permits for Greater Sydney residents wanting to leave the region, registration of singles buddies names, and tightened restrictions for people in the 12 local government areas of concern.
In Greater Sydney (which includes the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) residents can only exercise or shop 5 kilometres from their homes.
Previously the limit was 10 kilometres.
In the LGAs of concern, the limit on movement is already 5 kilometres.
The main suburbs seeing the largest areas of growth in and around Western Sydney and south-western Sydney are:
- Blacktown
- Doonside
- Mount Druitt
- Merrylands
- Guildford
- Auburn
Although there have been zero local cases in the Armidale LGA for seven days, the lockdown covering that area would be extended for another seven days, the Premier said.
NSW records 466 new local COVID infections, four deaths - ABC News
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