Health authorities in NSW have confirmed 17 new coronavirus infections in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday.
Key points:
- New COVID-19 infections linked to a funerals cluster, two Thai restaurants and returned overseas travellers
- The source of infection for two cases remains under investigation
- Over 22,000 tests have been done in the last 24-hour reporting period
Eight of the cases are returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine, and four are linked to a funerals cluster in Sydney's south-west.
There are three new infections linked to the Thai Rock cluster in Wetherill Park.
NSW Health last night confirmed two cases at the Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point.
The two restaurants are under the same management.
The source of two of the new infections remains under investigation.
NSW Health issued a warning that anyone who attended the Thai Rock restaurant at Potts Point between Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 25 needs to be immediately tested.
It says they must also self-isolate for 14 days since they were last there, after a diner who visited the restaurant on Friday, July 17 tested positive last week.
A restaurant staff member has now also tested positive.
There are now nine cases relating to church and funeral services between July 16 and 19 in south-west Sydney which were reported on Saturday.
A couple who tested positive after the Bankstown funeral gatherings are known to have dined at two restaurants.
Anyone who visited the Tan Viet Noodle House Cabramatta (AKA Crispy Chicken Noodle House) between 1:00pm and 2:00pm on Wednesday, July 22, or An Restaurant Bankstown between 9:00am and 11:00am on Thursday, July 23 should watch for symptoms and get tested if they appear.
More to come.
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