Sydney’s Covid-19 has grown again with three new local cases recorded in the city’s eastern suburbs overnight.
The state recorded two new local cases to 8pm on Saturday, with two more community cases recorded after 8pm that will be officially recorded in Monday’s numbers.
Sydney’s Covid-19 cluster has now risen to nine since a limousine driver who transported international flight crew sparked the outbreak.
Of the two new cases revealed in Sunday’s numbers, one case was already announced on Saturday.
It was a man in his 30s who attended Westfield Bondi Junction, a hazardous site visited by patient zero.
The other case was household contact of that man and she also attended Westfield Bondi Junction.
“The case is a man in his 30s who lives in the Sydney CBD but had attended Westfield Bondi Junction (and) he has spent time in the Wollongong area,” NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said.
One more case was recorded after 8pm on Saturday before a further case was diagnosed on Sunday morning.
“After 8pm, we have had a one woman in her 50s from the Sutherland Shire and she is a close contact of a previously reported case, a family contact of that case,” Dr Chant said.
“(The woman) has been in isolation but there may be additional venues of concern.
“(On Sunday morning) we were notified of an additional case, a man also from the Sutherland Shire in his 50s, a close contact (of a previous case).”
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian also announced the state was extending some of the restrictions because it was “important for all of us to be on high alert,” she said.
Masks will now be mandatory in all indoor settings, while masks on public transport will be extended to Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas.
NSW Health is conducting urgent investigations and is asking those who visited Westfield Bondi Junction, including the car park, to get a Covid-19 test, even if they do not have any symptoms.
The latest venues of concern can be found here.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the highly contagious Delta variant was posing a real threat to Sydney residents.
Mr Hazzard said CCTV footage of how one person contracted the virus had highlighted the highly contagious nature of the latest strain of Covid-19.