Eight new cases as cluster nears 100, NSW rolls out staged lockdown plan

Wednesday December 23, 2020

Christmas in Sydney’s coronavirus-hit northern beaches has been partially salvaged to allow households to welcome up to five visitors from Thursday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian provides a COVID-19 update at a press conference at St Leonards, Sydney on Tuesday. (Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

NSW recorded eight new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday, with seven connected to the so-called Avalon cluster which now totals 97 infections.

The eighth case is a contact of an infected quarantine nurse. A further eight cases involved…

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