Seven new COVID-19 cases in NSW, as Sydney CBD cluster grows to 28 - Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Health is urging people to wear face masks on public transport, as pressure mounts on the Berejiklian government to make masks mandatory for commuters.

CCTV footage has revealed that mask-wearing levels at Sydney stations were as low as 30 per cent throughout August, prompting renewed calls for the government to make them compulsory.

The NSW government is under increasing pressure to make masks mandatory on public transport.Credit:Janie Barrett

NSW recorded seven new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including a student at a western Sydney school and five linked to Sydney's CBD cluster, which has grown to 28 cases.

Health authorities urged people to stick to the 1.5-metre rule, but also singled out public transport as a situation where people should be wearing masks.

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St Paul's Catholic College in Greystanes, in Sydney's west, will be closed for deep cleaning on Monday after a student attended school while infectious. Close contacts are being notified.

Meanwhile, Ryde Secondary Campus will reopen on Monday after a staff member had tested positive.

Broadway shopping centre in Ultimo has also told customers that a person who tested positive to COVID-19 visited the homewares store House on August 24 at 2pm.

Anybody who was at the store at that time should monitor for symptoms and self-isolate if necessary. The store was closed for a deep clean on Sunday.

Broadway shopping centre said in a community statement that based on the current health advice, shoppers who visited other stores in the centre at that time, or who visited House at another time, should not be alarmed.

One of the new cases diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine and another was locally acquired with the source still under investigation.

Meanwhile, Justice Health revealed that a staff member at the Surry Hills police cells complex has tested positive to coronavirus. In a statement, NSW Health said the community must remain "vigilant" as COVID-19 continues to circulate in the community.

Swimmers made the most of the warm weather at Coogee beach on Sunday.Credit:Xavier Wastnage

"People should ensure that they stay at least 1.5m from others and that they wear a mask in situations - especially on public transport - where physical distancing is difficult," NSW Health said.

There were 19,626 tests done in NSW, down from 24,632 the previous day.

Victoria recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more deaths in the past 24 hours while Queensland reported four new COVID-19 cases, all linked to known outbreaks.

NSW Health says people who have been to the following location should monitor for symptoms:

• Mater Clinic Wollstonecraft – 28 August from 8.30am to 9am
• Virgin Active Pitt St Gym, Sydney, - 25 August from 5pm to 6.30pm*
• Virgin Active Margaret St Gym, Sydney – 26 August from 5.10pm to 6.40pm*
• House, Broadway, - 24 August 2pm to 2.10pm
• St Ives Shopping Centre – 26 August from 5.30pm to 6pm
• Highfield Caringbah 22 August from 6:00pm to 8:30pm*
• Caringbah Hotel 22 August from 8:30pm to 11pm*
• Bus 442, Gladstone Park, Darling St, to Gladstone Park, Darling St on 25 August, 9.18am to
  9.31am
• Bus 442, QVB, York St, Stand B to Darling St, at Phillip St, Balmain on 25 August 2.39pm to
  2.52pm
• Bus: Merrylands Park to Parramatta station, on 27 August, approximately 7:10pm
• Train: Parramatta station to Lidcombe station, on 27 August, approximately 7:10pm
• Train: Lidcombe station to Merrylands station, on 27 August, approximately 7:20pm
• Train: Merrylands station to Parramatta station, 24, 25 and 26 August, approximately 3:40pm
• Train: Parramatta station to Mount Druitt, 24, 25 and 26 August, approximately 3:45pm to 4pm

*If you are contacted by NSW Health and identified as a close contact you must immediately
be tested and self-isolate for 14 days.

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