Live Breaking News: Sydney facing weeks more lockdown as daily case numbers hit triple digits

A woman has hurled abuse staff at a chicken shop in Sydney's Covid-19 epicentre, after they refused to serve her for not wearing a mask.

NSW has recorded 112 new Covid-19 cases overnight – with 34 of those infectious in the community – bringing the total number in the outbreak to 678.

 

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today it would be "almost impossible" for the lockdown to end as planned at 11.59pm on July 16. She was asked whether, as some experts have recommended, the lockdown may be extended by "at least" another three or four weeks.

"Look, that depends on how quickly our community responds to those cases that are infectious in the community," she replied. "It is really up to us. The health expert advice will be based on what those numbers look like. I can't be clearer than that."

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