Central Coast COVID-19: Cases remain stable as masks become mandatory

COVID-19 cases remain stable as masks become mandatory across the region. Here’s the latest on locals leading the way in the fight against spreading the virus.

Mask wearing at shops has become mandatory across the coast. Picture: Monique Harmer

The Central Coast COVID-19 cases have remained stable at just four since the latest NSW outbreak.

It comes as mandatory mask wearing has been implemented across Greater Sydney which includes the coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong.

From Monday, coast residents risk a $200 fine if they are not wearing a mask indoors at shops and businesses along with other venues.

Shaun Walker shows how it’s done.

Annie Marov sent in this picture while shopping.

These include supermarkets, shopping centres, banks, post offices, hairdressing, nail, beauty, tanning or waxing salons, movie cinemas and theatres, places of worship and aged care facilities.

Those waiting for or travelling on public transport are also required to wear a mask.

People have taken to the rules without fuss with many posting pictures to social media after the Express put out a call earlier today.

Over the past four weeks since the northern beaches outbreak, the coast has recorded four cases all linked to the cluster.

Central Coast Parliamentary Secretary Adam Crouch.

Nat Arnison out and about on the coast.

The first was a woman who travelled on a ferry from Palm Beach to Wagstaff, while the second was also linked to the northern beaches.

The other two have been close contacts of those cases and were already isolating at the time of their diagnosis.

Central Coast Local Health District has not issued any recent location warnings for the coast, with the last being the western Sydney case that visited the Avoca Beach Hotel on December 20. No subsequent cases have been linked to that venue.

More than 25,000 coasties have been testing over the past four weeks. Picture: Troy Snook

In the last month, 25,206 people have been tested across the Central Coast however NSW Health have urged people to continue to be tested.

NSW Health announced that no locally acquired cases were reported in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Two cases have since been linked to the Berala cluster.