Northern beaches Covid: Two new Covid cases recorded

Two new Covid cases were recorded for the northern beaches in the last 24 hours - Covid positive customer visited another supermarket.

Two new Covid cases were recorded for the northern beaches in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases on the peninsula to 12.

Belrose, a Covid hotspot during the latest outbreak, has a new case and the number of active Covid cases there now stands at eight.

The 2101 postcode — which includes Elanora Heights, Ingleside and Narrabeen — recorded a new case, to bring the number to two in that postcode.

The other cases are in the 2100 postcode, which covers the suburbs of Allambie Heights, Beacon Hill and Brookvale.

There is also a case in Collaroy.

Coles supermarket at Warriewood Square has been informed by NSW Health that a customer infected with Covid visited the store on Friday, July 23.

Shoppers at Warriewood Square have been advised that a person infected with Covid was in the Cole supermarket at the centre on Friday, July 23. File picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

On the Coles’ internet Covid update page, and in a notice outside the supermarket, management confirmed that a “customer who has tested positive for COVID visited our Coles Warriewood supermarket between 10:19am and 10:39am on Friday, July 23.

“In accordance with advice from NSW Health, all customers who were at the store during this time are asked to seek a COVID-19 test immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result. Additionally, NSW Health advises that if customers receive a negative test taken before 28th July 2021, they should wear a mask around others and limit their movement until receiving a second negative test result taken on 28th July 2021 or later.

“Coles’ standard cleaning procedures comply with the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Hygiene Practices For Supermarkets and frequent cleaning and sanitisation has occurred (as well as a comprehensive deep clean) in the time since the customer was last on site.”

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks during a Covid update and press conference on July 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams Pool/Getty Images)

At the press conference on Monday, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian urged everyone over the age of 18 to get vaccinated, whether it be with the Pfizer, which is in short supply, or the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said AstraZeneca was a “very effective vaccine”.

NSW recorded 145 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.

Of these locally acquired cases, 66 are linked to a known case or cluster – 57 are household contacts and nine are close contacts – and the source of infection for 79 cases is under investigation.

Fifty-eight cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 25 cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Fifty-one cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 11 cases remains under investigation.

Six new cases were acquired overseas in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. The total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic is now 7,753.

Over the weekend residents in Belrose were urged to get tested by NSW Health expert Dr Jeremy McAnulty.

Woolworths at Glenrose Village Shopping Centre. Photo: Adam Ward

It comes as three staff and a contractor of Woolworths in Glenrose Village Shopping Centre were confirmed Covid cases last week.

It resulted in thousands of shoppers being alerted by NSW Health to self-isolate and the store to close for a third deep clean.

Another supermarket in the centre, Aldi, also closed for a deep clean.

A number of people who travelled on buses in the area were also later found to have been infectious with Covid.

NORTHERN BEACHES BUS ROUTE ALERT

Anyone who travelled on the following bus routes is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health. Please get tested even if you have had a test in recent days:

– Bus 270 – from Wynyard Station, Clarence Street Stand S to Forest Way opposite Belrose Country Club: Wednesday 14 July, 6:31am to 7:04am

– Bus 270 – from Belrose Country Club, Forest Way to Wynyard Station, York Street Stand L: Wednesday 14 July, 2:33pm to 3pm

– Bus 270 – from Clarence Street after Market Street to Forest Way opposite Belrose Country Club: Thursday 15 July, 6:17am to 6:47am

– Bus 270 – from Belrose Country Club, Forest Way to Wynyard Station, York Street Stand L: Thursday 15 July, 2:49pm to 3:17pm

– Bus 270 – from Wynyard Station, Clarence Street Stand S to Forest Way opposite Belrose Country Club: Friday 16 July, 6:21am to 6:52am

– Bus 270 – from Belrose Country Club, Forest Way to Wynyard Station, York Street Stand L: Sunday 18 July, 2:32pm to 2:59pm