16 new NSW Covid cases; West Hoxton party outbreak

NSW has recorded a surge in Covid cases with 16 newly announced infections - 10 cases are linked to a party.

NSW Health announced 16 new Covid cases this morning — 13 new infections after the 8pm cut off last night — and a range of new restrictions to help limit the spread of the virus across Sydney.

Ten new cases were officially recorded from yesterday’s reporting period — seven of which were revealed by authorities yesterday and three are newly reported.

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the majority of the cases were in isolation before testing positive, however, there were two that were not. Ten of the cases attended a birthday party in West Hoxton.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

TEN CASES OFFICIALLY RECORDED TO 8PM TUESDAY:

Seven were already announced yesterday:

- A child who attends St Charles Catholic Primary School, Waverley

- A man in his 60s from Wollongong. He is a household contact of a previously reported case and has been in isolation while infectious

- Five family members who are household contacts of a previous case. They have been in isolation while infectious

Three more cases are also included in the official 10 cases:

- A man in his 50s who works in Bondi Junction.

- A woman in her 40s from Wollongong. She is a close contact of a previously reported case

and has been in isolation while infectious.

- A man in his 30s from South West Sydney. He is a close contact of a previously reported

case.

THIRTEEN CASES DETECTED AFTER 8PM TUESDAY:

- Eight of these cases are linked to a birthday party in West Hoxton, attended by a previously reported case linked to the Bondi cluster. About 30 people attended this party and they have all been tested and are in isolation. A total of 10 people who attended the party have now tested positive for COVID-19, including a two-year-old child, who attended Little Zak’s childcare in Narellan Vale on 21 June

- One of these cases is a close contact of a previously reported case linked to the Bondi cluster.

- Four of the overnight cases are currently unlinked. Urgent investigations and contact tracing are underway.