Zero local coronavirus cases in NSW as Premier Gladys Berejiklian flags easing restrictions in Greater Sydney

NSW recorded no locally acquired coronavirus infections in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday for the second day in a row.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 16,000 people came forward for testing yesterday but that she wanted to see that number increase.

“The Government is very much in the space of considering health advice easing restrictions and I want to make that clear,” Ms Berejiklian said.

“But we won’t have the confidence to do that unless we have higher rates of testing, because that will assure us that we have captured all previously undetected cases of the virus, which may still be infectious in the community.”

More to come.