There have been 13 new cases of coronavirus in New South Wales overnight, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian calls for residents to be on “extra high alert”.
One new case announced on Monday cannot be linked to any known case, while eight were linked to other local cases.
Three others are overseas travellers in hotel quarantine and one had returned from Victoria.
Worryingly, NSW Health officials revealed there are seven cases of coronavirus diagnosed over the past week that still have no known source.
These cases have been in people from South Western Sydney, Western Sydney, South Eastern Sydney and Sydney Local Health District.
Speaking on Monday, Ms Berejiklian said everyone should be taking every precaution possible to ensure NSW did not experience a similar outbreak to Victoria.
“All of us need to be on extra high alert,” she said. “The next few weeks are critical for New South Wales.”
The Premier said the state’s geographic proximity to Victoria posed an additional danger that could not be fought by simply closing the state off to its southern neighbour.
“No border is impenetrable, and we‘ve seen numerous examples of that across the nation,” she said.
“No matter how tough we are, so long as the virus is in and around us in Australia, there is a risk in New South Wales. Our geographic proximity to Victoria makes us the first line of having the virus, so that‘s why we need to be extra careful and extra cautious, which we are.”
Health advice in NSW was upgraded on Sunday to “strongly encourage” mask wearing in shopping centres, places of worship, on public transport and at other indoor gatherings.
Ms Berejiklian said this measure would help keep the outbreak under control, noting one case visiting the Crossroads Hotel resulted in contact tracers having to call 600 people.
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