Coronavirus Sydney: 48 cases now linked to Crossroads Hotel

More virus cases have been linked to the Crossroads Hotel cluster in Sydney’s southwest, with almost 50 infections associated with the pub.

More COVID-19 cases have been linked to the Crossroads Hotel cluster in Sydney’s southwest, with almost 50 infections now linked to the pub.

Three more cases have been linked to the pub in Casula overnight, with the total now standing at 48.

Of that number, 14 attended the pub on July 3, one attended on July 5 and 33 are linked to the cluster but did not visit the venue.

NSW recorded 20 new COVID-19 cases overnight, bringing the state’s total to 3399.

Of the other new cases, eight have been linked to the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park Stockland Mall, four have been linked to the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, four are returned overseas travellers and one is a person who was infected in Victoria and has been isolating since their arrival.

All of the new cases are from a known source.

COVID-19 testing at the Crossroads Hotel in Casula. Picture: Jonathan Ng

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There are 96 people being treated by NSW Health and two people in intensive care, one of which is on a ventilator.

NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, revealed one of the cases in intensive care is a person in their 30s.

She said this highlights that it isn’t just older residents that are affected by this virus.

“There still will be young people that will be impacted and this is a call out to everyone to take this seriously,” Dr Chant said.

Dr Chant urged people across the state, particularly those in southwest Sydney, to come forward and get tested.

She said it was very important to identify as many cases as possible to stop the spread of the virus, warning many people can be infected by just one event.

“Once you get a seeding event you can infect many many other people,” she said.

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Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW was at a ‘critical’ point in this latest virus outbreak. Picture: Jeremy Piper/NCA NewsWire

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW was “at a critical point” in the pandemic, with new cases continuing to emerge.

“We know that our state continues to be on extremely high alert, but also our state continues to be at a critical point,” she said.

“We have the opportunity to isolate the cases that we have, to clamp down and to make sure that we reduce the incidents of the virus spreading.”

Ms Berejiklian urged people to continue to practice social distancing and to avoid large crowds.

“The next few weeks are critical. Please avoid large crowds. Please think twice about going into any place which has crowds in it, even when you are social distancing,” she said.

“As you can maintain social distancing, you can go about your day, but please minimise what we call non-essential travel. Don’t go to locations where you know there will be crowds. Don’t do those things that you might do when it is not a pandemic.”