UPDATE: Gladys Berejiklian has announced an extension to Greater Sydney’s lockdown and new COVID-19 restrictions for residents inside the 12 Local Government Areas of Concern.

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Of these locally acquired cases, 134 are linked to a known case or cluster – 107 are household contacts and 27 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 508 cases is under investigation.

Sixty-five cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 30 were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Forty-one cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 506 cases remains under investigation.

NSW COVID cases update

NSW Health has advised of four deaths.

A woman in her 80s from Sydney’s inner west died at Royal North Shore Hospital. She was a resident at Wyoming Aged Care Facility and is the fourth death linked to this cluster.

A man in his 70s from south-east Sydney died at St George Hospital, where he acquired his infection.

A man in his 80s from western Sydney died at Nepean Hospital, where he acquired his infection.

There have now been two deaths linked to the outbreak at Nepean Hospital. A previously reported COVID-19 death – a man in his 70s from western Sydney who died on 17 August at Nepean Hospital – is now also linked to this outbreak.

A woman in her 80s from south-west Sydney died at Campbelltown Hospital.