Coronavirus update: southwest Sydney records spike in cases
Concerns are growing as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in southwest Sydney.
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Canterbury-Bankstown has emerged as a hotspot for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sydney’s southwest, as cases surged to 64.
Data from Health NSW as of 8pm on Sunday, March 29 shows the region has the sixth highest case load in the state, behind Waverley, Northern Beaches, Sydney, Central Coast and Woollahra.
Of that number, six have been confirmed as locally acquired cases without a known source of infection.
Health authorities continue to monitor a cluster of locally acquired cases at Opal Aged Care Bankstown, where four people have been diagnosed with the virus since March 22.
Meantime, Liverpool recorded the second highest case load in the southwest with 29 infections, eight of which do not have a known source of infection.
Nine cases have been documented in Fairfield overall.
In the Macarthur region, there were 24 confirmed cases in Campbelltown and 26 in Camden, while in Wollondilly case numbers remain low at 1-4.
The number of new infections in NSW has fallen for a second consecutive day, dropping from 212 on Saturday to 174 on Sunday, and then again on Monday to 127.
NSW now has a total of 1918 cases.
NSW chief medical officer Kerry Chant welcomed the figures but urged caution.
“While pleased we need to be cautious and it is the long-term trend in that data that is going to be important,” she said.
It comes as tough new restrictions on public gatherings were announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday night, with a two-person limit for gatherings inside and outside to come into effect from midnight.