NSW records eight new COVID-19 cases as Berala cluster grows

Eight new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in NSW.

Two are connected to the Avalon cluster on the northern beaches, five are connected to the Berala cluster in Sydney’s west and one is a household contact of a case in Wollongong.

Almost 19,000 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.

The Berala cluster has now reached 13 cases and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said a lot of transmission had occurred during brief visits to the BWS store on Woodburn Road in Berala.

“Irrespective of if you think it was just a fleeting visit to this premises, we want you to act in a very precautionary way and are asking for your assistance,” she said.

There is a health alert for anyone who visited the bottle shop on any day between…