NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says there have been 22 new coronavirus infections in her state, including several fresh cases linked to a school in Sydney's north west.
It is the highest number of new infections recorded in a day in NSW in almost four months — the last figure this high was on April 16, with 29 cases.
"At least a third, or eight, of those are from the new cluster at the Tangara School," Ms Berejiklian said.
Yesterday, NSW Health said there were nine cases linked to the outbreak at Tangara School for Girls in Cherrybrook.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard confirmed the cluster at the school now stood at 17.
The original source of the cluster is still under investigation and the school is closed until August 24 while cleaning and contact tracing is underway.
All of its secondary students were told to self-isolate and get tested.
"At this stage further investigation will, perhaps, give us further clarity at how that's all occurred," Mr Hazzard said.
"It's not always possible to determine the source and that's what worries us most."
The Premier said four of the 22 new cases were returned international travellers in hotel quarantine, while another two acquired their infections in Victoria.
"It is a daily battle in NSW, we have to be on our toes, we are in a state of high alert," she said.
"My anxiety has not subsided in relation to what a knife's edge NSW is on."
More to come.
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