NSW Covid updates: Covid sites go from salon to Parliament and beyond

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Gladys Berejiklian has moved to reassure NSW will not be plunged into a lockdown as the state deals with a growing Covid Delta cluster.

"Since the pandemic has started, this is perhaps the scariest period that New South Wales is going through," she said on Thursday.

"It is a very contagious variant but at the same time we are, at this stage, comfortable that the settings that are in place are the appropriate settings, but that is so long as everybody does the right thing."

NSW Health announced 11 new Covid cases this morning - including six infections detected after the 8pm cut off on Wednesday night. 

Eighteen new cases were officially recorded from yesterday's reporting period - thirteen of which were revealed by authorities yesterday and five are newly reported.

One of the overnight cases includes NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall who was advised this morning of his positive test.  

The Nationals MP was exposed to the virus at a Paddington restaurant on Monday and attended a Budget dinner with Ms Berejiklian on Tuesday night before he tested positive.

Guests of that dinner have now been told via text message to isolate until July 6 after being "exposed to the Covid-19 virus".

The Premier said she returned a negative test and has been deemed "not a close contact" by Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant.

Originally published as NSW Covid updates: Covid sites go from salon to Parliament and beyond

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