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Virus tests plummet during NSW heatwave – 7NEWS.com.au
NSW has now gone 23 days without a single locally transmitted coronavirus case, as health authorities urge more people to come forward for testing.
Health officials are urging more NSW residents to be swabbed for the coronavirus after testing numbers plummeted during the weekend’s heatwave.
NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday recorded zero new locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus, as well as nine cases in returned overseas travellers.
It marks the 23rd consecutive day of no new local COVID-19 cases in the state.
NSW Health said 6106 tests were conducted over the 24-hour period, which was a concern.
More than 10,000 people in NSW were…
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