A paramedic and a nurse in Sydney are among five new COVID-19 cases recorded in NSW overnight, and a coronavirus cluster at a western Sydney aged care facility has grown by two people.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said on Thursday morning a paramedic at the Liverpool Ambulance superstation tested positive for COVID-19 overnight and is currently being treated in hospital.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant provides a COVID-19 update on April 23 2020. Credit:Peter Rae
The source of the infection is under investigation, Dr Chant said.
A nurse at Sydney Adventist Hospital has also tested positive and an investigation is under way. Close contacts of the nurse have been informed.
Dr Chant said a cluster of COVID-19 cases at the Anglicare Newmarch House aged care facility has also grown by two people - a staff member and a resident. It brought the total number of cases at the home to date to 44 –15 staff and 29 residents.
In the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday, 5600 tests were carried out.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the low number of confirmed cases was a "very positive result" and "one of the best results we've had".
"We know that these restrictions that we've had in place are working," she said.
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Michaela Whitbourn is a legal affairs reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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