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Dr Jeremy McAnulty of NSW Health said health officials remain particularly concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in Liverpool, Doonside, Plumpton, Granville, Blacktown and Fairfield, as well as in Wollongong and the community of Wellington, near Dubbo .
With many of these suburbs in Sydney’s west and north-west, Dr McAnulty reminded those who may be looking to celebrate the Penrith Panthers NRL’s big win on the public holiday today to respect the restrictions and not not have family gatherings.
“This long weekend has been especially important for fans of the NRL, and we hope everyone enjoyed the game, but we need to make sure we protect all of our communities,” he said.
Although 272 of the current 623 cases have been recorded in the Western, Southwest and Nepean-Blue Mountains Local Health Districts of Sydney, a high number of cases continue to be detected in the Illawarra areas and Hunter, outside of Sydney.
There were 77 new cases in Illawarra and 59 in the local health district of Hunter-New England.
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Fifty-four of Illawarra’s cases were in the Wollongong local government area, the Illawarra Shoalhaven local health district said in a statement.
Hunter-New England Health said 21 of its cases were from the Cessnock local government area and 19 from Macquarie Lake.
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 cases in NSW continued to decline: there were 959 hospitalized cases on Monday, including 193 in intensive care of which 97 are ventilated.
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