NSW health authorities are investigating a mystery COVID-19 infection after today confirming four new cases.
Key points:
- A health alert has been issued for Woolworths at Campbelltown
- A total of 13,686 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours
- Theatres, music venues and cinemas can operate at 50 per cent capacity from next week
Three are returned travellers in hotel quarantine and the other infection, a man in his 50s from Sydney's south-west, has not yet been linked to any known cases or clusters.
His positive swab was flagged by NSW Health yesterday, but was officially included in today's COVID-19 statistics.
He lives in supported accommodation with two other people but neither of them have tested positive.
Contacting tracing teams are still working to determine how the man contracted the virus.
Anyone who visited Woolworths at Campbelltown Mall on September 17 between 1.00pm and 2.00pm is a casual contact of the case and must monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they develop.
The new infection breaks NSW's three-day streak of zero locally acquired cases.
A total of 13,686 tests were completed in the reporting period.
NSW Health's Jeremy McAnulty said testing rates are still not where they need to be and those in south-west Sydney need to be particularly alert to symptoms.
"Particularly in the Campbelltown area, if people don't come forward for testing we can't keep the pandemic at bay," Dr McAnulty said.
Yesterday NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she didn't want testing rates to dip again over the weekend as they have for many weeks now.
"We don't want people to wait if they have symptoms, we want them to get tested immediately and not wait because that means if the virus is circulating we won't be able to get on top of it."
This morning the NSW Government announced a relaxation of rules around audience capacity at theatres, cinemas and concert halls across the state.
From next week, these venues will be able to function at 50 per cent capacity to a maximum of 1,000 tickets.
Function centres will also be able to welcome 300 patrons at a time.
Tourism Accommodation Australia NSW said the move to double conference sizes will be a huge boost for hotels, particularly in the CBD, who haven't been able to rent out their function spaces.
"This is especially good news in the lead up to Christmas and accommodation providers are hopeful many events previously on hold will now get the green light," CEO Michael Johnson.
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2020-09-25 01:10:00Z
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