Coronavirus cases in New South Wales have risen by 15 overnight bringing the state’s total to 3361.
NSW Deputy Chief Health Officer Jeremy McAnulty said a record number of 27,702 tests were completed on Friday, including 3000 in Sydney’s southwest suburbs.
He said five of the new cases were known contacts of people who had been directly or indirectly linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula.
Four were detected in overseas travellers in hotel quarantine, one was linked to the new cluster at the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park, while five cases remained under investigation.
Dr McAnulty said since 8pm on Friday an additional case had been linked to the Planet Fitness gym at Casula, bringing the total number in the cluster to six, all of who had attended in the evening on July 8.
He said the number of cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel was 45.
Dr McAnulty said NSW was at a “crucial point” in its fight against COVID-19 and it was not just the clusters they were worried about.
“The concern is recently is that we have become complacent,” he said on Saturday morning.
“We think it’s OK to gather around, come close together, but it’s not, we’re still at risk.
“What’s happened in Victoria, what’s happening with these cases is we need to make sure all those measures remain in place to protect us all.
“It is really important that people heed the advice, we’ve seen what happens around the world when the virus escapes. It’s a very infectious virus so we can’t take it for granted.
“With COVID being so active, anywhere in New South Wales, if you have the symptoms don’t hesitate, come forward to one of the COVID clinics, one of the respiratory clinics or through your GP where you can get tested.”
Dr McAnulty said two of the five cases still under investigation reported on Friday had been to the bistro at the Soldiers Club in Batemans Bay from 7-9.30pm on July 13 and McDonald’s at Albion Park from 2-2.30pm on July 15.
People who were at the Soldiers Club bistro during those times have been asked to isolated immediately for 14 days, with customers at McDonald’s urged to watch out for symptoms.
Another of the cases still under investigation was from the Blue Mountains, while the remaining two were from southwest Sydney.
“We have got a growing list of places that people should review regularly to see whether they have been to those places on our website to check and remind themselves whether they need to isolate and get tested,” Dr McAnulty said.
“It remains a very active number of cases in New South Wales and Victoria.
“The things that we all need to do is maintain social distancing, keep at least 1.5m away from other people, avoid crowds, avoid clustering, if you are sick go out, stay home, don’t go on public transport, and, importantly, come forward for testing.”
It comes after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian reinstated restrictions for weddings and all indoor hospitality venues on Friday as coronavirus cases continued to rise.
Indoor hospitality venues will be limited to bookings of no more than 10 per group under tough new restrictions beginning on July 24, while weddings will be able to have no more than 150 people, with everyone to remain seated at all times. Funerals will be limited to 100.
The new restrictions come after increased cases of coronavirus, which are believed to have stemmed mostly from the Crossroads Hotel.
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