New South Wales has recorded no new cases of locally-acquired cases of Covid-19 for the 10th day in a row.
There are two new cases in hotel quarantine.
There were 9,723 tests conducted in the 24-hours to 8pm last night – higher than in previous days but still well below target.
NSW deputy chief health officer, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, said:
The continuing low testing numbers is a concern as the virus may still be circulating in the community.
Yesterday NSW Health’s sewage surveillance reported recently detected fragments of the virus that causes Covid-19 at the Liverpool treatment plant, which is an indication that Covid is possibly still circulating in the area.
The Liverpool waste treatment plant takes in a catchment of close to 180,000 people from the suburbs of Bardia, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park, Abbotsbury, Ingleburn, Prestons, Holsworthy, Edmondson Park, Austral, Cecil Park, Cecil Hills, Elizabeth Hills, Bonnyrigg Heights, Edensor Park, Green Valley, Pleasure Point, Casula, Hammondville, Liverpool, Moorebank, Wattle Grove, Miller, Cartwright, Lurnea, Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton, Voyager Point, Macquarie Links, Glenfield, Catherine Field, Gledswood Hills, Varroville, Leppington, West Hoxton, Horningsea Park, Middleton Grange, Len Waters Estate, Carnes Hill, and Denham Court.
NSW Health urges everyone living or working in these suburbs to monitor for symptoms and get tested and isolate immediately if they appear.
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(@NSWHealth)Dr Jeremy McAnulty provides a COVID-19 update for Wednesday 27 January 2021. pic.twitter.com/qIkctRqsEN
