Premier blames small number of people for continuing spread, with 70% of local coronavirus transmission occurring in households
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Covid transmission is surging across a locked-down New South Wales, with the state setting a new daily case record of 633, as well as three deaths, and premier Gladys Berejiklian delivering a bleak warning that “we haven’t seen the worst of it”.
Health authorities are particularly concerned about the movements of people while potentially infectious - just 94 of the new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday were isolating throughout their infectious period, with as many as 509 cases infectious in the community.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/18/nsw-covid-update-daily-cases-surge-to-633-as-gladys-berejiklian-dismisses-calls-to-tighten-lockdown-rules
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