NSW health authorities records 18 new COVID-19 cases, new Sydney Inner West cluster declared

The NSW Premier has again tightened restrictions for New Year’s Eve and has declared a new coronavirus cluster in Sydney’s Inner West.

Yesterday, NSW health authorities recorded 18 positive COVID-19 infections, including six linked to what is being referred to as the “Croydon cluster”.

Those six cases are all members of the extended family, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

“We anticipate because of the nature of that extended family’s movements that there will be more cases from that cluster,” she said.

The gathering restrictions have now changed in response to the rising number of cases and will affect New Year’s Eve plans across the state.

The maximum number of people allowed to gather in a household has now been reduced from 10…