NSW Health has reported six new COVID-19 cases linked to the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park, bringing the total number of cases connected to the venue to 67.
Key points:
- NSW Health has done more than 1.3 million tests to date
- An alert was issued about the Thai Rock restaurant on July 17 after a worker tested positive
- NSW has reported 3,479 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The Thai Rock cases include 11 linked to the Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Harris Park, Western Sydney.
A worshipper who attended the church over three days after visiting the restaurant later tested positive.
The health authority issued an alert about Thai Rock on July 17, urging that anyone who dined at the restaurant over July 9-12 and July 14 should get tested.
A woman in her 30s from south-west Sydney worked at the restaurant over those dates before testing positive.
Eight cases from the cluster have also been linked to three schools, which have been closed for cleaning.
The schools are Cerdon College in Merrylands, the Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School in Bossley Park and Freeman Catholic College in Bonnyrigg Heights.
Fourteen new cases overall were confirmed in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday, including four cases relating to church and funeral services between July 16 and 19 in south-west Sydney which were reported yesterday.
NSW Health is continuing to appeal for anyone who attended services to immediately self-isolate and get tested regardless of symptoms.
The services are:
- St Brendan's Catholic Church at Bankstown for one hour on July 16 from 6:30pm
- Ausia Funeral Services at Fairfield East on July 17 between 1:00pm and 8:00pm
- Funeral service at St Brendan's Catholic Church, Bankstown for one hour on July 18 from 10:00am
- Burial service at St John of God Lawn at Rookwood Cemetery on July 18 between 11:30am and 1:00pm
- Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church at Mt Pritchard for one hour on July 19 from 7:30am
A woman in her 40s from the Fairfield area tested positive on Thursday after attending the services.
Testing in the area is available at Fairfield Hospital and a drive-through clinic at the Fisher Street carpark in Cabramatta.
Three of the other reported new cases are returned travellers in hotel quarantine and another remains under investigation.
There have been no new cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, which has been linked to 56 cases to date.
There were 25,139 tests done in the last reporting period.
A total of 1,353,103 tests have been done in the state to date.
NSW has reported 3,479 confirmed cases and 51 deaths.
There are currently 99 cases being treated by NSW Health, with four people in intensive care.
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