New South Wales has recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19 to 8pm yesterday.
A staggering 67,000 people were tested for the virus in the 24-hour reporting period as the number of exposure sites around Sydney continues to grow.
Seventeen of today's cases have been linked to existing cases with two still under investigation.
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The state has recorded 149 cases of community transmission since the outbreak began earlier this month.
Eighteen cases were announced yesterday however Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant warned numbers will "bounce around".
"We will need at least another five days to see this picture turn around," she said during yesterday's daily update.
Dr Chant also stressed the highly contagious nature of the Delta strain, with household transmission rates up by 70 per cent.
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"In the past, for some of the early strains, we would see perhaps a household attack rate of around 30 per cent," she said.
"We're seeing upward of almost 100 per cent in the households."
Residents living across Greater Sydney are subject to a stay-at-home order for the next two weeks as authorities scramble to keep up with a fast-growing list of exposure venues.
Just this morning four venues were added as primary exposure sites with anyone who visited the locations told to get tested immediately and isolate for 14 days.
They include:
- Specsavers at Bondi Junction on Saturday June 26 between 3.50pm and 5pm
- McDonald's at Bondi Beach on Friday June 25 between 11.30am and 12pm
- A Man and His Monkey cafe in Randwick on Sunday June 20 between 1pm and 2.30pm
- Macquarie Bank on Shelley Street in Sydney on Monday June 21 between 8.30am to 6.30pm
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https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1409654637959946252A full list of exposure sites can be found on the NSW Health website.
