NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed just seven new cases of coronavirus, despite a record number of 7,200 tests being completed yesterday.
The state's total number of confirmed cases is now 2,983.
Ms Berejiklian said anyone who believed they may have symptoms of coronavirus can now come forward for testing.
"NSW is now saying to anyone across the state, if you have symptoms, if you're worried you have COVID-19 or if you've been in contact with someone who may have it, please come forward and get tested," she said.
Previously, testing was applicable to anyone within about a dozen outbreak centres who suspected symptoms, as well as anyone who was deemed high risk after a full history assessment completed by a GP.
Ms Berejiklian said she would like to see testing rates exceed 8,000 a day.
She also said the government has been formulating a plan for when lockdown restrictions are loosened across the state.
"We have used this time during restrictions when we have seen a drop in the number of new cases to prepare the health system, to prepare the community for what would occur if we did raise those restrictions," she said.
Ms Berejiklian announce the NSW Government was contributing an extra $73 million in funding to extend mental health services during the coronavirus pandemic.
More to come.
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