NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed 13 new cases of coronavirus in NSW this morning.
Key points:
- The Sydney man travelled to Newcastle while unwittingly carrying the virus
- The three venues he visited are all licenced premises west of Newcastle's CBD
- NSW Health are urging patrons to self-isolate and seek testing
She said three of the cases were identified in overseas travellers residing in hotel quarantine, while one case had recently returned from Victoria.
The source of the remaining nine was not yet confirmed.
Ms Berejiklian said the state remained on high alert as Victoria's cases continue to increase.
"No border is impenetrable … No matter how tough we are, so long as the virus is in and around us in Australia, there is a risk in NSW," she said.
She said she applauded people who had taken to wearing masks, and said she kept a mask in her pocket at all times.
But Ms Berejiklian fell short of calling for it to be mandatory for NSW people to wear a mask, saying people "need to judge for yourselves".
"I recommend everyone have one in their pocket or their bag, and if they feel they are in a situation where they need to wear one, they should," she said.
Ms Berejiklian reiterated that masks are useful in times where maintaining a 1.5-metre distance was not possible and warned complacency could lead to another outbreak in NSW.
"We saw what happened at the Crossroads Hotel — an infectious person turned into 600 people having to be contacted, and their contacts under contacts of those contacts."
Three venues and a courthouse in Newcastle were closed overnight after two Sydneysiders who were infected with coronavirus visited the city.
Hunter New England Health (HNEH) said a construction worker in his 20s visited Hotel Jesmond, Wallsend Diggers Club and Lambton Park Hotel while infectious.
The man attended Hotel Jesmond on the July 29 between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Lambton Park Hotel on July 30 between 7:00pm and 9:00pm and Wallsend Diggers Club on both nights between 9:00pm and 11:00pm.
Patrons who visited the venues between those times are being urged to seek COVID-19 testing and remain isolated until they receive their results.
"They were doing a specific piece of construction work while they were up here and only visited those venues," HNEH's David Durrheim confirmed.
Hotel Jesmond and the Wallsend Diggers Club were closed for cleaning yesterday, while the Lambton Park Hotel is closed today for the same process with management notified of the link to the case this morning.
Meantime, Toronto court house at Lake Macquarie is closed today after a Sydney-based member of the court tested positive for coronavirus.
NSW Department of Communities and Justice said the person was at court last Monday and was likely linked to Sydney's Apollo restaurant cluster.
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